AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG
by The Temptations
from 'Gettin' Ready' (1966)
[Intro]
B
[Verse 1]
B E
I know you want to leave me;
B E
I re-fuse to let you go.
B E
If I have to beg, plead for you sympathy;
B E
I don't mind, 'cos it means that much to me.
[Chorus 1]
B E B
Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
E B E B
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
B E B E
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby,
B E B E
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
[Verse 2]
B E
Well, I heard a quiet man, half a man,
B E
With no sense of pride.
B E
If I have to cry to keep ya; I don't mind weepin',
B F#
If weepin' gonna, keep ya by my side.
[Chorus 2]
B E B
Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
E B E B
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
B E B E
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby,
B E B E
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
[Verse 3]
B E
If I have to sleep on your door step,
B E B E
All night and day, just to keep you from walkin' away.
B E
Let my friends laugh, for this I can stand,
B F#
Just so long as I keep ya; yeah, yeah, I can.
[Chorus 3]
B E B
Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
E B E B
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
B E B E
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby,
B E B E
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
[Instrumental]
B E (x4)
F#
[Chorus 4]
B E B
Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
E B E B
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
B E B E
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby,
B E B E
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
[Verse 5]
B E
Well, your love's so deep in the pit of my heart,
B E
Ev'ry day it grows more and more.
B E
I'm not ashamed to come and plead with you, baby,
B F#
If pleadin' keeps you from walkin' out the door.
[Chorus 5]
B E B
Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
E B E B
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
B E B E
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby,
B E B E
Please don't leave me; don't you go.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS
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B E F#
EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])
