The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

      
 
 
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 #...AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG... by The Temptations 
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 #*from 'Gettin' Ready' (1966)* 
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 #*CAPO 2nd FRET* 
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 #(Original Key: B) 
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 #Intro: 
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 A 
  
 Verse 1: 
 
 A                             D 
  I know you want to leave me,  
     A                  D 
 I refuse to let you go. 
              A                    D         
 If I have to beg & plead for your sympathy, 
         G                          D           
 I don't mind, 'cause 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 cryin' man is 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, even this I can stand, 
 A                           
  Just so long as I keep ya; 
 E               
  Any way 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                        
 Now I got a love 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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 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
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 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 
 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)