capo 1st A A/G D Ever see a blind man cross the road E A A/G D E Tryna make the other side A A/G D Ever see a young girl growing old E A A/G D E tryna make herself a bride 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 E (A A/G D E) x2 That your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy you (same as first verse) Once I was a young man And all i thought i had to do was smile Well you are still a young girl And you bought everything in style So once you think your in your out 'Cos you don't mean a single thing without The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy you D5 A D5 A Sing a song of six-pence for your sake And take a bottle full of rye Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake And bake them all in a pie They told missed school today So what I suggest you just throw them all away The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you A D5 A D5 A D5 A D5 They told missed school today So what I suggest you just throw them all away The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you