Ain't Too Proud To Beg chords by The Temptations (Official Version)

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Verse 1

I know you wanna leave me

But I refuse to let you go

If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy

I don't mind 'cause you mean that much to me

Chorus 1
C 
F 
C 
Ain't too proud to  (C major) beg,  (F major) sweet  (C major) darlin'
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
 (F/A) Please don't  (F/G) leave  (C major) me girl,  (F major) don't you  (C major) go
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
Ain't  (F/A) too   proud  (F/G) to  (C major) plead,  (F major) baby,  (C major) baby
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
 (F/A) Please don't  (F/G) leave  (C major) me, girl,  (F major) don't you  (C major) go
F/A 
F/G 
 (F/A) Now  (F/G) I     heard

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Verse 2

a cryin' man is half a man

With no sense of pride

But if I have to cry to keep you,

I don't mind weepin'

If it'll keep you by my side

Chorus 2
C 
F 
C 
Ain't too proud to  (C major) beg,  (F major) sweet  (C major) darlin'
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
 (F/A) Please don't  (F/G) leave  (C major) me girl,  (F major) don't you  (C major) go
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
Ain't  (F/A) too   proud  (F/G) to  (C major) plead,  (F major) baby,  (C major) baby
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
 (F/A) Please don't  (F/G) leave  (C major) me, girl,  (F major) don't you  (C major) go
F/A 
F/G 
 (F/A) If    I  (F/G) have  to

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) sleep on your doorstep
all night and day
Just to keep you from walkin' away
C 
Let your  (C major) friends laugh, even this I can stand
G7 
'Cause I want to keep you  (G7) any way I can

Chorus 3

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me girl, don't you go

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby

Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go

Interlude 1

Verse 4
C 
Now I've got a  (C major) love so deep
in the pit of my heart
And each day it grows more and more
C 
I'm not a (C major) shamed to come
and plead to you, baby
If pleadin' keeps you from
G7 
 (G7) walkin' out of that door

Chorus 4
C 
F 
C 
Ain't  (C major) too proud to  (F major) beg, sweet  (C major) darlin'
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
 (F/A) Please don't  (F/G) leave  (C major) me girl,  (F major) don't you  (C major) go
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
Ain't  (F/A) too   proud  (F/G) to  (C major) plead,  (F major) baby,  (C major) baby
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
 (F/A) Please don't  (F/G) leave  (C major) me, girl,  (F major) don't you  (C major) go
F/A 
F/G 
C 
F 
C 
Baby,  (F/A)  (F/G) baby,  (C major) baby,  (F major) (Ooh, sweet  (C major) darlin')
F/A 
F/G 
C 
 (F/A) Please don't  (F/G) leave  (C major) me
[Fade out]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: C majorBPM: 116

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F/A: x-0-3-2-1-x
F/G: 3-x-3-2-1-x
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1

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This is the definitive original version of Ain't Too Proud To Beg by The Temptations, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It suits players who want to learn Ain't Too Proud To Beg the way The Temptations intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.