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Version 1 Version 3
            CAPO on 3rd fret
[Intro]
G  G/F  C  D   X2
[Verse 1]
G         G/F                    C
Ever seen a blind man cross the road
D                        G      G/F  C  D  
Trying to make the other side?
G         G/F                    C
Ever seen a young girl growing old
D                        G      G/F  C  D    
Trying to make herself a bride?
[Chorus]
Em                 D  
So what becomes of you my love
G                      A 
When they have finally stripped you of
C
The handbags and the gladrags
          D                                     G  G/F  C  D X2
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
[Verse 2]
G             G/F
Once I was a young man
C                    D             G   G/F  C  D  
And all I thought I had to do was smile
G             G/F
Well you are still a young girl
C                    D          G      G/F  C  D  
And you've bought everything in style
[Chorus]
Em                 D  
So once you think you're in you're out
G                      A 
'Cause you don't mean a single thing without
C
The handbags and the gladrags
D                                          G      G/F  C  D
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
[Instrumental]
D  G  C  G
[Verse 3]
G             G/F               C
Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
 D                          G   G/F C D
And drink a bottle full of rye
G             G/F               C
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
D                      G   G/F C D
And bake 'em all in a pie
[Chorus]
Em                 D  
They told me you missed school today
G                         A 
So what I suggest you just throw them all away
C
The handbags and the gladrags
D                                          C C/B G X16
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy
Em                 D  
They told me you missed school today
G                         A 
So what I suggest you just throw them all away
C
The handbags and the gladrags
D                                          G   G/F C D X2
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
[Outro]
G G/F C D 
G G/F C C G 
        
                