Beggin

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Song: Beggin'"

[Intro]
(strings):
A7+
 / / / /  / / / /

 Dm Dm/maj7 Dm7 Dm6 Bb               Gm7        A  [N.C.]
Mmm...              put your lovin' hand out   baby

I'm beggin'

(string bass:)

         v      v
G|-7-5------------|
D|------7---5-3---|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

(piano arr. for guitar [4X]:)

  v   v   v   v
e|----5--5-5--5--5-|
B|----6--6-6--6--6-|
G|----5--5-5--5--5-|
D|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
   ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets
          ^ 4th repeat at intro only

[Chorus 1]
Dm           Bb/F
   (Beggin') Beggin'...
Em7-5                  A7
      Put your lovin' hand out baby
Dm           Bb/F
   (Beggin') Beggin' you
Em7-5                  A7
      Put your lovin' hand out baby

[Verse 1]
Dm             Bb/F
   Ridin' high      when I was king
Em7-5               A7
Played it hard and fast 'cause I had everything
Dm             Bb/F
   Walked away      want me then
Em7-5              A7
But easy come and easy go and it would end

[Chorus 2]
(Beggin') I'm beggin you
Won't you give you hand out baby
(Beggin') Beggin'...
Put your lovin' hand out baby

[Bridge 1]

Dm7                 G
    I need you to understand
       Em7-5            A
That I tried so hard to be a man
Dm7                        G
The kind of man you'd want in the end
Em7-5                     A
Only then can I begin to live again

[Verse 2]
An empty shell   used to be
Shadow of my life is hangin' over me
Broken man   without a goal
Don't even stand the devil's chance to win my soul

[Chorus 3]
(Beggin') Beggin' you
Won't you give your hand out baby
(Beggin') Beggin' you
Put your lovin' hand out baby

[Bridge 2]
I'm fightin' hard to hold my own
No, I just can't make it on all alone
I'm holdin' on   I can't fall back
Now that big brass ring is a shade of black

[repeat piano part from intro]

[Break]

   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7---7---6-7-7---|-7---7---6-7-7---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
                     (drums and piano enter)

[Chorus 4/coda]
(Beggin')  I'm beggin' you
Won't you give your hand out baby
(Beggin') Beggin'...
Put your lovin' hand out baby

(Beggin') Beggin' you  [fade]