Intro: 4 x Bb - Ab - Eb - F
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1. Ever seen a blind man cross the road,
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trying to reach the other side ?
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Ever seen a young girl growing old
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trying to make herself a bride ?
Gm F
So what becomes of you my love,
Bb C
when they have finally stripped you of
Eb
the handbags and the gladrags
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that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you.
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Bb Ab
2. Once I was a young man
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and all I thought I had to do was smile.
Bb Ab
You are still a young girl,
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and you bought everything in style.
Gm F
But once you think you're in, you're out,
Bb C
'cause that don't mean a single thing without
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the handbags and the gladrags
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that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy.
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3. Sing a song of six-pence for your sake,
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and take a bottle full of rye.
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Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake,
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and bake them all in a pie.
Gm F
They told me you missed school today,
Bb C
so what I suggest you just throw them all away
Eb
the handbags and the gladrags
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that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy.
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Gm F
They told me you missed school today,
Bb C
so what I suggest you just throw them all away
Eb
the handbags and the gladrags
F Bb
that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy.
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Bb - Ab - Eb - F Bb - Ab - Eb - F Bb
