Tom: G5
Intro: 4 x G5 - F5 - C5 - D5
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1. Ever seen a blind man cross the road,
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trying to reach the other side ?
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Ever seen a young girl growing old
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trying to make herself a bride ?
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So what becomes of you my love,
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when they have finally stripped you of
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the handbags and the gladrags
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that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you.
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2. Once I was a young man
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and all I thought I had to do was smile.
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You are still a young girl,
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and you bought everything in style.
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But once you think you're in, you're out,
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'cause that don't mean a single thing without
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the handbags and the gladrags
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that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy.
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3. Sing a song of six-pence for your sake,
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and take a bottle full of rye.
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Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake,
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and bake them all in a pie.
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They told me you missed school today,
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so what I suggest you just throw them all away
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the handbags and the gladrags
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that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy.
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They told me you missed school today,
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so what I suggest you just throw them all away
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the handbags and the gladrags
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that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy.
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