Handbags and Gladrags Piano lesson - Rod Stewart/ Stereophonics/ The Office

Here's how to play Handbags and Gladrags - one of my favourite and most iconic piano songs ever!

The songs was first released by Chris Farlowe back in 1967 (or so Wikipedia tells me!). Many people know the Rod Stewart version from the 70s or the Stereophonics version from the early 2000s. It's also well known as the theme tune to the UK version of the TV series The Office starring Ricky Gervais.

Personally, I grew up with the Stereophonics version, so my tutorial is most accurate to that version, but they're all very similar. We're in the Key of Bb major, and this tutorial just covers the main piano part. Want a part 2 to this video teaching the rest of the song? Let me know!