The Temptations

Ain't Too Proud To Beg (1966)(Chords)

The Temptations

Key: C

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Verse 1:

C (bass only) F/C C F/C I know you wanna leave me, but I refuse to let you go. C F/C If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy, C I don't mind, because you mean that much to me.
C F C Ain't too proud to beg, yes you know it. F C F C Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go. F C F C Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby. F C F C F Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go.

Verse 2:

C (bass only) Now I heard a crying man is half a man, with no sense of pride.
But if I have to cry to keep you, G I don't mind weeping, if it will keep you by my side.
C F C Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darling. F C F C Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go. F C F C Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby. F C F C F Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go.

Verse 3:

C (bass only) If I have to sleep on your doorstep, all night and day, Just to keep you from waking away. Let your friends laugh, even this I could stand, G 'Cause I want to keep you anyway I can.
C F C Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darling. F C F C Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go. F C F C Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby. F C F G Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go.

Verse 4:

C (bass only) Now I've got a love so deep, in the pit of my heart, And each day it grows more and more, I'm not ashamed to come and plead to you baby, G If pleading keeps you from walking out that door.
C F C Ain't too proud to beg, yes you know it. F C F C Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go. F C F C Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby. F C F C F Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go.

Written by Eddie Holland/Norman Whitfield

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