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Handbags And Gladrags

by Rod Stewart

Written by: Mike D’Abo

HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS Mike D’Abo Rod Stewart | E /// | A / B7 / | E /// | A / B7 / | E /// | A / B7-4 / | B7-4 = x22200 E A B7-4 | / Ev=er=seen=a blind^man cross^the=road | dd / tryin=to=make=the oth^er=side | E A B7-4 E | ee / / / | / / / / | / Ev=er=seen=a young^girl grow^ing=old | A B7-4 E A | dd / Tryin=to=make=her self^a=bride | ee / / / | / / / / | C#m B A E | / ~ ^So what^be=comes s^of=you | u^my love ee / | / ~ ^when they^have fin^ally | F# A | stripped^you=of ff ff ~ ^The | Hand^bags and^the=Glad d^rags that^your=poor | B7-4 E A B7-4 E A B7-4 | old^Gran=dad had^to sweat^to buy^you | u^u / / / | / ~ B=a a^by yy | / / / / | / / / / | E A B7-4 | / Once=I=was=a young^man / | ~ ^and all=I=thought=I.(I^had^to) do^was=smile | E A B7-4 E | ee / / / | / / / / | ~ ^You are^still=a young^girl ll | A B7-4 E A | / ~ and=you bought^ev=ery thing^i=n | n^n style ee / | / / / / | C#m B A E | / ~ ^And once^you=think k^youre | in^youre out tt / | / ~ ^cause you^dont mean^a | F# A | sing^le thing^with=out tt ~ ^The | Hand^bags and^the=Glad d^rags that^your=poor | B7-4 E A B7-4 E B7-4 E B7-4 | old^Gran=dad had^to sweat^to buy^you | u^u / / / | / ~ B=a a^by yy | / / / / | / / / / | E E7 A B7-4 | / Sing=a=song=of six^pence for^your=sake | / / # and=drink=a bot=tle=full=of | E E7 A B7 E E7 | r^ye ee / / | / / / / | ~ ^Four r=and=twen=ty ^black birds in=a | A B7 E E7 A B7 C° | cake ~ ^and bake^them=all l^in=a | pie ee ee / | / / / / | C#m B ||: / ~ ^They told^me=you u^missed | s=ch=o=ol l^to=day yy / | E F#7 | / ~ ^so what^I=sug gest=is^ just | throw^them=all l^a=way yy ~ ^The | A | Hand^bags and^the=Glad d^rags that^your=poor | B7-4 A E A AM7 A E 1. | old^Gran=dad had^to sweat^to buy^you | u^u / / / | / ~ ^Oh h^h h^h | h^h hh / / | A AM7 | / / / / :|| B7-4 A E A B7-4 E A B7-4 B7 E 2. | old^Gran=dad had^to sweat^to buy^you | u^u / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | A B7-4 E A B7-4 E | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||

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Handbags And Gladrags is performed by Rod Stewart and written by Mike D’Abo. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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