Handbags And Gladrags

	  		
 Intro
: 
 
    Bb5      Bb5/Ab    Eb/G     F7   x3 
 
  
 Verse 1: 
 
 Bb5           Bb5/Ab                Eb/G   F7                        Bb5    Bb5/Ab    Eb/G     F7 
   Ever see a blind man cross the road,    tryin' to make the other side? 
 Bb5           Bb5/Ab             Eb/G      F7                        Bb5    Bb5/Ab    Eb/G     F7 
  Ever see a young girl growing old,       tryin' make herself a bride? 
 
   
 Chorus 1: 
 
 Gm                      F        Bb                            C 
   So what becomes of you my love      when they have fin'lly stripped you of 
 Eb                                         Eb/F                               Bb5    Bb5/Ab    Eb/G                
  the handbags and the gladrags that your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy you, 
 F7       Bb5        Bb5/Ab      Eb/G       F7 
   yeah, yeah. 
 
 
 Verse 2: (as verse 1) 
 
 
 Once I was a young man and all I thought I had to do was smile. 
 Well, you are still a young girl and you bought everything in style. 
 
 
 Chorus 2: 
 
 Gm                      F        Bb                            C 
  So once you think you're in, you're out, 'cause you don't mean a single thing without 
 Eb                                         Eb/F                               Bb5    Bb5/Ab    Eb/G 
  the handbags and the gladrags that you're poor old grandad had to sweat to buy you, 
 F7       Bb5        Bb5/Ab      Eb/G       Eb/F        Bb       Eb/F 
   yeah, yeah. 
 
 
 Verse 3: 
 
 Bb              Bb/Ab               Eb/G(2)   F7(2)                      Bb    Bb/Ab   Eb/G(2)   F7(2) 
  Sing a song of sixpence for your sake         and drink a bottle full of rye. 
 Bb               Bb/Ab           Eb/G(2)     F7(2)       Bb          Bb/Ab    Eb/G(2)    F7(2) 
  Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake    and bake them all in a pie. 
 
 
 Chorus 3: 
 
 Gm                             F      Bb                             C 
  They told me you missed school today,   so what I suggest you just throw them all away, 
       Eb                                       Eb/F                          N.C. (guitar tacet) 
  the handbags and the gladrags that you're poor old grandad had to sweat to buy you, 
 
  woh, woh 
 
  
 Instrumental with piano solo:     (Guitar tacet.) 
 
 
 Chorus 4: (strum chords just once for the first line) 
 
 Gm                             F      Bb                             C 
  They told me you missed school today,   so what I suggest you just throw them all away, 
       Eb                                       Eb/F                           Bb5   Bb5/Ab   Eb/G   F7                                                       
  the handbags and the gladrags that you're poor old grandad had to sweat to buy you. 
 
 
 Outro: 
 
   Bb5     Bb5/Ab    Eb/G      F7   x2 
 
   Bb5     Bb5/Ab    Eb/G      Eb/F  and end on:    Bb 
                                 ^ 
                          strum this chord 
                            twice quickly