INTRO:   STRIKE THE B CHORD AND LET RING

NOTE:  * MEANS YOU CAN PLAY THE PIANO RIFF ON GUITAR LIKE THIS: B   E    B   B


VERSE:
       B                           *       
        I know you want to leave me             
                B             *                 
        I refuse to let you go                        
                        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