Stereophonics – Handbags And Gladrags (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] A A/G D/F# D/E x2 [Verse]
A            A/G                 D/F#
 Ever seen a blind man cross the road

D/E                       A      A/G D/F# D/E
 Trying to make the other side?

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

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

A                         B
  When they have finally stripped you of

    D
The handbags and the gladrags that your

D/E                               A      A/G D/F# D/E
Poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
[Verse]
A             A/G        D/F#
 Once I was a young man

                D/E            A    A/G D/F# D/E
All I thought I had to do was smile

A                      A/G        D/F#
 While you are still a young girl

        D/E                 A       A/G D/F# D/E
And you bought everything in style
[Chorus]
F#m                        E
  So once you think you're in you're out

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

    D
The handbags and the gladrags that your

D/E                               A      A/G D/F# D/E
Poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy you
[Verse]
A            A/G                 D/F#
Sing a song of six-pence for your sake

D/E                       A      A/G D/F# D/E
And drink a bottle full of rye

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

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

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

    D
The handbags and the gladrags that your

D/E                               A      A/G D/F# D/E
Poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy you
[Chorus]
F#m                        E
  They told me you missed school today

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

    D
The handbags and the gladrags that your

D/E                               A      A/G D/F# D/E
Poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy you
[Outro]
A A/G D/F# D/E  x4
Then finish by resolving to the A