Intro: 4 x Bb - Ab - Eb - F  
 
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1.    Ever seen a blind man cross the road, 
      F                        Bb     - Ab - Eb - F
    trying to reach the other side ?
Bb               Ab                 Eb
    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
               F                                Bb     - Ab - Eb - F      
    that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you.
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   Bb             Ab
2.   Once I was a young man 
  Eb                     F              Bb    - Ab - Eb - F
    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
            Eb
    the handbags and the gladrags
               F                                Bb   - Ab - Eb - F
    that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy.
     Bb - F   Bb - F
   Bb                 Ab                 Eb
3.    Sing a song of six-pence for your sake, 
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    and take a bottle full of rye.
Bb                    Ab             Eb
    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
               F                                 Bb    - Ab - Eb - F
    that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy.
     Bb - Ab - Eb - F
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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