"Ain't Too Proud To Beg" — the Temptations' Motown classic, a crowd-pleasing live cover in the Stones' 1970s sets.
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AIN`T TO PROUD TO BEG
ROLLING STONES
INTRO: STRIKE THE B CHORD AND LET RING
VERSE:
B * NOTE: * MEANS YOU CAN
I know you want to leave me PLAY THE PIANO RIFF
B * ON GUITAR LIKE THIS:
I refuse to let you go B E B B
B * // // / /
If I have to beg, plead for your sympathy
B
I don`t mind, `cause it means that much to me
CHORUS:
B E B
Ain`t to proud to beg, sweet darlin`
E B E B
Please don`t leave me, don`t you go
E B E B
Ain`t to proud to plead, baby, baby
E B E B E
Please don`t leave me, don`t you go
*VERSE:
Well I heard a quiet man, half a man
With no sense of pride
If I have to cry to keep ya
I don`t mind weepin`
F#
If weepin` gonna keep ya by my side
*CHORUS:
B E B
Ain`t to proud to beg, sweet darlin`
Please don`t leave me, don`t you go
Ain`t to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don`t leave me, don`t you go
*VERSE:
If I have to sleep on your door step
All night and day
Just to keep you from walkin` away
Let my friends laugh, for this I can stand
Just so long as I keep ya
F#
Yeah, yeah, I can
**CHORUS:
B E B
Ain`t to proud to beg, sweet darlin`
Please don`t leave me, don`t you go
Ain`t to proud to plead, baby, baby
F#
Please don`t leave me, don`t you go
INSTRUMENTAL: SOLO OVER *VERSE CHORDS
*CHORUS:
*VERSE:
Well your love`s so deep in the pit of my heart
Ev`ry day it grows more and more
I`m not ashamed to come and plead with you, baby
F#
If pleadin` keeps you from walkin` out the door
*CHORUS:
CHORUS:
CHORUS: -- 3x`s then end dead stop on a B chord
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- Written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland Jr. for the Temptations (1966). The Stones played it live frequently throughout the 1970s, treating it as a soul revue workout.