Intro: (strings) +
Mmm...
[[N.C.]]
put your lovin' hand out baby
[[N.C.]]
I'm beggin'
(string bass):
v v
G|-7-5------------|
D|------7---5-3---|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
(piano arr. for guitar): x4
v v v v
e|----5--5-5--5--5-|
B|----6--6-6--6--6-|
G|----5--5-5--5--5-|
D|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets
^ 4th repeat at intro only
Chorus 1:
(Beggin') Beggin'...
Put your lovin' hand out baby
(Beggin') Beggin' you
Put your lovin' hand out baby
Verse 1:
Ridin' high when I was king
Played it hard and fast 'cause I had everything
Walked away want me then
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
That I tried so hard to be a man
The kind of man you'd want in the end
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):
v v v v
e|----5--5-5--5--5-|
B|----6--6-6--6--6-|
G|----5--5-5--5--5-|
D|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets
Break:
v v v v v v v v
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7---7---6-7-7---|-7---7---6-7-7---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
(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...