# #...AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG... by The Temptations # ----------------------------................... # #*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 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: --------------- A D E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x02220 xx0232 022100 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)