Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
(strings):
/ / / / / / / /
/maj7
Mmm... put your lovin' hand out baby
I'm beggin'
(string bass:)
(piano arr. for guitar [4X]:)
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets
^ 4th repeat at intro only
Chorus 1
(Beggin') Beggin'...
-5
Put your lovin' hand out baby
(Beggin') Beggin' you
-5
Put your lovin' hand out baby
Verse 1
Ridin' high when I was king
-5
Played it hard and fast 'cause I had everything
Walked away want me then
-5
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
I need you to understand
-5
That I tried so hard to be a man
The kind of man you'd want in the end
-5
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
(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