Tuning: G C E A

Intro: (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 -7-5------------| ------7---5-3---| ----------------| ----------------| (piano arr. for guitar [4X]:) v v v v ----5--5-5--5--5-| ----6--6-6--6--6-| ----5--5-5--5--5-| -0---------------| -----------------| -----------------| ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets ^ 4th repeat at intro only Chorus 1:

^Dm (Beggin') ^Bb/FBeggin'... Em7-5 A7 Put your lovin' hand out baby ^Dm (Beggin') ^Bb/FBeggin' you Em7-5 A7 Put your lovin' hand out baby

Verse 1:

^Dm Ridin' high ^Bb/F when I was king Em7-5 A7 Played it hard and fast 'cause I had everything ^Dm Walked away ^Bb/F want me then Em7-5 A7 But easy come and easy go and it would end

Chorus 2: (Beggin') I'm beggin you Won't you give you hand out baby (Beggin') Beggin'... Put your lovin' hand out baby Bridge 1:

^Dm7 I need you to un^Gderstand Em7-5 A That I tried so hard to be a man ^Dm7The kind of man you'd want ^Gin the end Em7-5 A Only then can I begin to live again

Verse 2: 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 3: (Beggin') Beggin' you Won't you give your hand out baby (Beggin') Beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out baby Bridge 2: 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 -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -7---7---6-7-7---|-7---7---6-7-7---| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| (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

The Four Seasons - Beggin