AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG
by The Temptations
from 'Gettin' Ready' (1966)


[Verse 1]

N.C.
 I know you wanna leave me;
         
  But I refuse

 to let you go

.
            
If I have to b

eg, plead for 

your sympathy;
       
I don't mind, 

'cos you mean 

that much to m

e.


[Chorus]

             
Ain't too prou

            
d to beg,   an

      
d you know it,
            
Please don't l

              
eave me girl; 

         
don't you go.
             
Ain't too prou

            
d to plead, ba

    
by, baby,
            
Please don't l

              
eave me girl; 

              
don't you go.


[Verse 2]

       
Now, I heard a

 cryin' man is

 half a man,
      
  With no sens

e of pride.
             
But if I have 

             
to cry to keep

              
 you; I don't 

     
mind weepin',
             
If it will kee

              
p you by my si

 
de.


[Chorus]

              
Ain't to proud

            
 to beg,   swe

   
et darlin',
             
 Please don't 

             
leave me girl;

          
 don't you go.
             
 Ain't too pro

            
ud to plead, b

     
aby, baby,
            
Please don't l

              
eave me girl; 

         
don't you go.


[Verse 3]

            
If I have to s

              
leep on your d

              
oor step, all 

          
night and day
        
Just to keep y

ou from walkin

' away.
            
  Let your fri

              
ends laugh, ev

              
en this I can 

 
stand,
             
 Cause I want 

            
to keep ya; an

y way I can.


[Chorus]

             
Ain't too prou

             
d to beg, swee

  
t darlin',
            
Please don't l

              
eave me girl; 

         
don't you go.
             
Ain't too prou

            
d to plead, ba

    
by, baby,
            
Please don't l

              
eave me girl; 

            
don't you go.


[Instrumental]

   (x7)




[Verse 4]

            
Now I got a lo

ve so deep in 

the pit of my 

heart,
          
  And each day

 it grows more

 and more.
            
  I'm not asha

              
med to come an

              
d plead to you

  
, baby,
             
If pleadin' ke

             
eps you from w

#
alkin' out tha

t door.


[Chorus]

             
Ain't too prou

             
d to beg, and 

    
you know it,
             
 Please don't 

             
leave me girl;

          
 don't you go.
             
Ain't too prou

            
d to plead, ba

    
by, baby,
            
Please don't l

             
eave me; don't

        
 you go.

(Repeat to Fade)


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