...AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG... by The Temptations
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*from 'Gettin' Ready' (1966)*


*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: B)


Intro:

A

Verse 1:

A                             D
 I know you want to leave me,
     A                  D
I re-fuse to let you go.
             A                  D
If I have to beg, plead for you sympahty.
        G                        D
I don't mind, 'cos it means that much to me.

Chorus 1:

                  A    D
Ain't to proud to beg,
      A
Sweet darlin',
D             A         D         A
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

A                  D
 Ain't to proud to plead,
A      D
 Baby, baby,
D             A         D         A   D
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

Verse 2:

       A                             D
Well I heard a quiet man, half a man,
A                       D
 With no sense of pride.
             A
If I have to cry to keep ya,
             C
I don't mind weepin',
   A              E
If weepin' gonna, keep ya by my side.

Chorus 2:

                  A    D
Ain't to proud to beg,
      A
Sweet darlin',
D             A         D         A
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

A                  D
 Ain't to proud to plead,
A      D
 Baby, baby,
D             A         D         A   D
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

Verse 2:

A                                     D
 If I have to sleep on your door step,
    A              D
All night and day,
        A                          D
Just to keep you from walkin' away.
       A                                   D
Let my friends laugh, for this I can stand,
A
 Just so long as I keep ya;
E
 Yeah, yeah, I can.

Chorus 2:

                  A    D
Ain't to proud to beg,
      A
Sweet darlin',
D             A         D         A
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

A                  D
 Ain't to proud to plead,
A      D
 Baby, baby,
D             A         D         A   D
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

Verse 3:

(Instrumental)

A  D (x4) E

Chorus 3:

                  A    D
Ain't to proud to beg,
      A
Sweet darlin',
D             A         D         A
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

A                  D
 Ain't to proud to plead,
A      D
 Baby, baby,
D             A         D         A   D
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

Verse 4:

          A
Well your love's so deep in the pit,
            D
Of my heart,
      A                          D
Ev'ry day it grows more and more.
    A
I'm not ashamed,
                            D
To come and plead with you, baby,
   A
If pleadin' keeps you,
     E
From walkin' out the door.

Chorus 4:

                  A    D
Ain't to proud to beg,
      A
Sweet darlin',
D             A         D         A
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

A                  D
 Ain't to proud to plead,
A      D
 Baby, baby,
D             A         D         A   D
 Please don't leave me; don't you go.

(Repeat To Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)