Bb         B/Ab                   Eb
Ever see a blind man cross the road
E/F                       Bb   B/Ab E E/F
Trying to make the other side
Bb         B/Ab                Eb
Ever see a young girl growing old
E/F                       Bb B/Ab Eb E/F
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
           F                                 Bb       B/Ab Eb E/F
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you

Bb        B/Ab                  Eb
Once I was a young man
E/F                                  Bb   B/Ab Eb E/F
And all I thought I had to do was smile
Bb            B/Ab                  Eb
Well you are still a young girl
E/F                           Bb    B/Ab Eb E/F
And you bought everything in style

Gm                 F
So once you think you're in you're out
Bb                     C
'Cos you don't mean a single thing without
Eb
The handbags and the gladrags
           F                                Bb        B/Ab Eb E/F
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you

Bb        B/Ab                  Eb
Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
E/F                        Bb    B/Ab Eb E/F
And take a bottle full of rye
Bb            B/Ab               Eb
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
E/F                     Bb   B/Ab Eb E/F
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
           F                                 Bb       B/Ab Eb E/F
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you

Oh oh

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        B/Ab Eb E/F
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you