Ain't Too Proud to Beg by The Temptations

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Verse → Chorus

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• F – C (×3)
  IV – I
• F
  IV

Chorus 1

• C – F (×8)
  I – IV

Verse 1

• C – G
  I – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• C – F (×7)
  I – IV
• G
  V

Solo

• C – F (×7)
  I – IV
• G
  V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

• C – F (×12)
  I – IV

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0468, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.