BEGGIN’

Words and Music by BOB GAUDIO

and PEGGY FARINA

Slowly, very freely

  µ    
            
Put your lov - in’ hand out, ba - by, ’cause I’m beg - gin’.


                 
mf
       


Moderately fast, steadily

Bm

  
     

                    
      
  
   

   

   
  
               
      

Em7


      
7fr


   

 
I’m beg - gin’, beg - gin’ you,

      
 
         
  
     
 
   
    
       

Copyright © 1967 EMI Longitude Music and Seasons Four Music Corp.
Copyright Renewed
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C#m F# Bm
4fr

     
   
         

so put your lov - in’ hand out, ba - by. I’m beg - gin’,

     
       


     

 
    
    
      
Em7 C#m F#


7fr 4fr

          
    

   
beg - gin’ you, so put your lov - in’ hand out, dar - lin’.

           
     
    


      
         

Bm G C#m

     

            
3fr 4fr

   
Rid - in’ high when I was king. I played it hard and

    
                 
    
  
          
  

F# Bm G


           
3fr

  
        
fast ’cause I had ev - ’ry - thing. I walked a - way, you won me then,

         
                 
      
    
        

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
C#m F#


  
4fr

        
   
but eas - y come and eas - y go, and it would end. So

      

  
       

  

      
  

Bm G


3fr

                     
an - y - time I bleed you let me go. Yeah, an - y - time I feel you get me, no.

        
             

       
     

C#m F#

  
4fr

                  
An - y - time I see you let me know, but I plan and see, just let me go. I’m

  
                  

   


   
  


Bm G

   
3fr


             
on my knees when I’m beg - gin’, ’cause I don’t wan - na lose you.

     
             

         
       

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C#m F# Bm
4fr


     

          
Hey, yeah, brrat - dat - dat - dah. ’Cause I’m beg - gin’,

        
   
     
 
  
   




      
      
Em7 C#m F#
4fr

            
7fr

     
  
beg - gin’ you, and put your lov - in’ hand out, ba - by.

     
               
 

      
         
Bm Em7 C#m


7fr 4fr

           
       
 
I’m beg - gin’, beg - gin’ you, and put your lov - in’


     
  

   
       


    
 
         
F# G


3fr

  
      
µ (Bm)

       
hand out, dar - lin’. I need you to un - der - stand:

   
    
 

          

    
   

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C#m7 F# Bm

  
  
4fr

 
             

tried so hard to be your man, the kind of man you

  
   
 
     
       
  


  
 

G C#m7 F#
3fr 4fr


                  
want in the end. On - ly then can I be - gin to live a - gain.


                  
       
   

         


Bm G C#m


                  
3fr 4fr

   
An emp - ty shell I used to be. The shad - ow of my

    
                 
    
  
       
     

F# Bm G


          
3fr

           
life was hang - in’ o - ver me. A bro - ken man that I don’t know

          

    
           
  
    
        

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
C#m F#


  
4fr

    
        
3
won’t e - ven stand the dev - il’s chance to win my soul. What we


     

              

3

      
  

Bm Em7

    
7fr

       
        
do - in’? What we chas - in’? Why the bot - tom? Why the base - ment? Why we

            
          

     
   

C#m F#

     

4fr

   
           
got good shit, don’t em- brace it? Why the feel for the need to re - place me? You’re the


                      

    
    

Bm Em7

  

7fr

                     
wrong - way track from the good. I wan - na paint a pic - ture tell - in’ where we could be at. Lov - in’

  
 
         

           

   
 
   

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C#m F#


4fr

                        
heart in the best way it should. You can give it a - way, you have, and you took the bait. But I

  
                       

    
    

Bm Em7


7fr

                      
  
keep walk - in’ on, keep o - pen - in’ doors, keep hop - in’ for that the door is yours.

      
                  
  
   
   
 
C#m F#

  

4fr

                   
 
Keep al - so home, ’cause I don’t wan - na live in a bro - ken home, girl, I’m beg - gin’.

  

                   
  
    
    

Bm G


      
3fr

        
µ

  
Yeah - eah, yeah, I’m beg - gin’, beg - gin’ you,

            
        
 
      
     

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C#m F# Bm
4fr

     
            
 
so put your lov - in’ hand out, ba - by. I’m beg - gin’,

     
       


     

 
    
    
      
Em7 C#m F#


4fr

         
7fr

        
 
beg - gin’ you, so put your lov - in’ hand out, dar - lin’.

           
     
    


      
         

G C#m7

 
3fr 4fr

 
  
µ

            
I’m fight - in’ hard to hold my own. Just can’t make it

     
             

   
  

F# Bm G


3fr

 
                

all a - lone. I’m hold - in’ on, I can’t fall back. I’m


 
 
                
  
 
 
  

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C#m7 F# Bm G
4fr 3fr

          
           
 
just a calm ’bout to fade to black. I’m beg - gin’, beg - gin’ you,


                     

      
   




          
     
C#m F# Bm G

  
4fr 3fr

       
        


  
put your lov - in’ hand out, ba - by. I’m beg - gin’,

   
       
         
 
      
         
     
C#m F#

   
4fr

      
           

beg - gin’ you, so put your lov - in’ hand out, dar - lin’.

    
    
      
  
       

         
       
     

Bm Em7 C#m


7fr 4fr

           

      


I’m beg - gin’, beg - gin’ you, so put your lov - in’

               

       

    
 
         

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F# Bm Em7


      
7fr

 
      

 
hand out, ba - by. I’m beg - gin’, beg - gin’ you,


    



     
  

   


     
       
  
C#m F#
4fr

         
     
µ (Bm)
  
 
so put your lov - in’ hand out, dar - lin’. I’m beg - gin’,

         
   
    

  

    
   
        

(Em7)               
      
(C#m) (F#) (Bm)

    
beg - gin’ you, so put your lov - in’ hand out, ba - by. I’m beg - gin’,

                   
   
  

 

 

       
      
Bm

 (Em7)       
     
(C#m) (F#)

          
beg - gin’ you, so put your lov - in’ hand out.

      
       
3
  
3

     
   

  

 

   
     

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