...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. Verse 4: (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: --------------- B E F# EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E 799877 x79997 x91111119 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)