Name:Handbags & Gladrags
Band:Stereophonics
Tabbed by:smokybandicoot
Tunning:Standard tunning (EADGEe)

Chords Used

	 EADGBe
G	|3x0033|
G/B	|x20033|
Cadd9	|x32033|
D	|xx0232|
A	|x02220|
Em	|022000|

Capo on 2nd
 
(Chords shown as open chords - as if played without capo)

Intro: G, G/B, C, D  x 3

Verse 1
G	   G/B		       Cadd9
 Ever see a blind man cross the road
D			 G
 Trying to make the other side
	   G/B		       Cadd9
 Ever see a young girl growing old
D
 Trying to make herself a bride

Chorus
Em                   D (hammer on the top 'e' from 2-3 right on the 'love' part)
 So what becomes of you my love
G                     A
 When they've finally stripped you of
Cadd9
 The handbags and the gladrags
           D                                G
 That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you

Verse 2 
G	   G/B		       Cadd9
 Once I was a young man
D                                  G
 And all I thought I had to do was smile
	   G/B		       Cadd9
 Well you are still a young girl
D
 And you bought everything in style

Chorus
Em                   D (hammer on the top 'e' from 2-3 right on the 'out' part)
 So once you think you're in you're out
G                     A
'Cos you don't mean a single thing without
Cadd9
 The handbags and the gladrags
           D                                G
 That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you

Verse 3
G	   G/B		       Cadd9
 Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
D
 And take a bottle full of rye
G	   G/B		       Cadd9
 Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
D
 And bake them all in a pie

Chorus
Em                   D (hammer on the top 'e' from 2-3 right on the 'today' part)
 They told me you missed school today
G                          A
 So what I suggest you just throw them all away
Cadd9
 The handbags and the gladrags
           D                                G
 That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you


Chorus (Just play the picking part through here - nothing else - no drums etc)

Em                   D (hammer on the top 'e' from 2-3 right on the 'today' part)
 They told me you missed school today
G                          A
 So what I suggest you just throw them all away
Cadd9
 The handbags and the gladrags
           D                                G
 That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you