Rod Stewart – Handbags And Gladrags (Guitar Live)

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[Chords] A X 0 2 2 2 0 A7/G 3 0 2 0 2 0 Dsus2/F# 2 X 0 2 3 0 E 0 2 2 1 0 0 Esus4 0 2 2 2 0 0 F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2 B7 X 2 1 2 0 2 D X X 0 2 3 2 This version is based on Rod Stewart's impromptu 2017 performance of 'Handbags and Gladrags' in London's Piccadilly Circus with a street performer. [Intro] A A7/G Dsus2/F# E x3 [Verse 1]
A           A7/G                Dsus2/F#
Ever seen a blind man cross the road

E                  Esus4 E  A      A7/G Dsus2/F# E
Trying to make the other    side?

A           A7/G               Dsus2/F#
Ever seen a young girl growing old

E              Esus4   E A      A7/G Dsus2/F# E
Trying to make herself a bride?
[Chorus 1]
F#m                E             A
So what becomes of you my love

                       B7
When they have finally stripped you of

D
The handbags and the gladrags

E                                 Esus4 E      A     A7/G Dsus2/F#
That your grandad had to sweat so you   could buy?

E    A A7/G Dsus2/F# E
Baby
[Verse 2]
A            A7/G       Dsus2/F#
Once I was a young man

E                          Esus4 E   A      A7/G Dsus2/F# E
And all I thought I had to do    was smile

A               A7/G       Dsus2/F#
You are still a young girl

E                   Esus4 E  A     A7/G Dsus2/F# E
And you bought everything in style
Listen [Chorus 2]
F#m                       E
But once you think you're in, you're out

A                       B7
'Cause you don't mean a single thing without

D
The handbags and the gladrags

E                                 Esus4 E     A    A7/G Dsus2/F#
That your grandad had to sweat so you   could buy

E      A E A E
Ooh
[Bridge]
A              A7/G               Dsus2/F#
Sing a song of six-pence for your sake

E                         A   A7/G Dsus2/F# E
And take a bottle full of rye

A               A7/G            Dsus2/F#
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake

E                      A   A7/G Dsus2/F# E
And bake them all in a pie
[Chorus 3]
F#m                     E
They told me you missed school today

A                          B7
So what I suggest you just throw them all away

D
The handbags and the gladrags

          E                                 A    Dsus2/F#
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy

           A  Dsus2/F#
Oh, woah
[Outro]
F#m                     E
They told me you missed school today

A                     B7
So I suggest you just throw them all away

D
The handbags and the gladrags

          E                                 A     A7/G  Dsus2/F# E A A7/G Dsus2/F# E
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy ya,     baby

     A   A7/G Dsus2/F# E   A A7/G Dsus2/F# E A
Bye, bye