AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG
by The Temptations
from 'Gettin' Ready' (1966)
Verse 1
N.C.
I know you wanna leave me;
[E] [B]
But I refuse to let you go.
[E] [B]
If I have to beg, plead for your sympathy;
[E] [B]
I don't mind, 'cos you mean that much to me.
Chorus
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Ain't too proud to beg, and you know it,
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Please don't leave me girl; don't you go.
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby,
[E] [B] [E] [B] [E]
Please don't leave me girl; don't you go.
Verse 2
[B]
Now, I heard a cryin' man is half a man,
[E] [B]
With no sense of pride.
[E] [B] [E]
But if I have to cry to keep you; I don't mind weepin',
[B] [F#]
If it will keep you by my side.
Chorus
[B] [E] [B]
Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin',
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Please don't leave me girl; don't you go.
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby,
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Please don't leave me girl; don't you go.
Verse 3
[E] [B] [E]
If I have to sleep on your door step, all night and day
[B]
Just to keep you from walkin' away.
[E] [B] [E]
Let your friends laugh, even this I can stand,
[B] [F#]
Cause I want to keep ya; any way I can.
Chorus
[B] [E] [B]
Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin',
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Please don't leave me girl; don't you go.
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby,
[E] [B] [E] [F#]
Please don't leave me girl; don't you go.
Instrumental
[B] [E] (x7)
[F#]
Verse 4
[B]
Now I got a love so deep in the pit of my heart,
[E] [B]
And each day it grows more and more.
[E] [B] [E]
I'm not ashamed to come and plead to you, baby,
[B] [F#]
If pleadin' keeps you from walkin' out that door.
Chorus
[B] [E] [B]
Ain't too proud to beg, and you know it,
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Please don't leave me girl; don't you go.
[E] [B] [E] [B]
Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby,
[E] [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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