Beggin — Four Seasons

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# "Beggin'"

(strings): A7+ / / / / / / / /

Dm Dm/maj7 Dm7 Dm6 Bb Gm7 A [N.C.] Mmm... put your lovin' hand out baby

I'm beggin'

(string bass:)

v v

(piano arr. for guitar [4X]:)

v v v v ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets ^ 4th repeat at intro only

Chorus

(Beggin') Beggin'... Put your lovin' hand out baby (Beggin') Beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out baby

Verse

Ridin' high when I was king Played it hard and fast 'cause I had everything Walked away want me then But easy come and easy go and it would end

Chorus

(Beggin') I'm beggin you Won't you give you hand out baby (Beggin') Beggin'... Put your lovin' hand out baby

Bridge

I need you to understand That I tried so hard to be a man The kind of man you'd want in the end Only then can I begin to live again

Verse

An empty shell used to be Shadow of my life is hangin' over me Broken man without a goal Don't even stand the devil's chance to win my soul

Chorus

(Beggin') Beggin' you Won't you give your hand out baby (Beggin') Beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out baby

Bridge

I'm fightin' hard to hold my own No, I just can't make it on all alone I'm holdin' on I can't fall back Now that big brass ring is a shade of black

Repeat Piano Part From Intro

Break:

v v v v v v v v (drums and piano enter)

Chorus 4/coda:

(Beggin') I'm beggin' you Won't you give your hand out baby (Beggin') Beggin'... Put your lovin' hand out baby

(Beggin') Beggin' you [fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers