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This file is the author`s own work and represents their interpretation of the
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Beggin`
(B. Gaudio - P. Farina)
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---
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(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---------------
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^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets
^ 4th repeat at intro only
Chorus 1:
Dm Bb/F
(Beggin`) Beggin`...
Em7-5 A7
Put your lovin` hand out baby
Dm Bb/F
(Beggin`) Beggin` you
Em7-5 A7
Put your lovin` hand out baby
Verse 1:
Dm Bb/F
Ridin` high when I was king
Em7-5 A7
Played it hard and fast `cause I had everything
Dm Bb/F
Walked away 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 G
I need you to understand
Em7-5 A
That I tried so hard to be a man
Dm7 G
The kind of man you`d want in 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
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-7---7---6-7-7---|-7---7---6-7-7---
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(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
