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Frank Black 
Song: Can I Get a Witness?
Tabbed by: Derek (ProverbialCereal)
From: bonus CD of The Cult of Ray


Key of E (but I renamed the chords so they are played in D)


CAPO ON SECOND FRET

(capo acts as "zero" fret... 
pretend someone shortened your guitar neck)


[VERSE]

E-------0------------------------------------------------
B---2---2----3---------------3---------------------------
G---3---2----0---------------0---------------------------
D---0---2----0---------------2---------------------------
A---0---0----2---------------2---------------------------
E------------3---------------0---------------------------
    D   A    G               Em7                    (F#)bass       
               Maybe you got faith in where this is going

D A G                        Em7           
     Maybe I''ll pull up the stakes and not be lettin' go
 
D A  G                    D  A  Bm                     G       
      I could not believe          I could not believe


[CHORUS]
F+          D       G  D
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G  D 
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G
Can I get a witness
D           Bm      G
Can I get a witness


[VERSE 2]
D  A  G                        Em7 
         You know a lot of times I think how bad
D A G                    Em7
      And I feel lost on this exit now
D A G                 D A  Bm                  G
     I cannot believe          I cannot believe


[CHORUS]
F+          D       G  D
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G  D 
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G
Can I get a witness
D           Bm      G 
Can I get a witness


[VERSE 3] - same chords

D A G
      And some of these people are just so lame
I don't feel like a pupil just a loser on a game show
I just can't believe it      No, I can't believe it


[CHORUS]
F+          D       G  D
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G  D 
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G
Can I get a witness
D           Bm      G
Can I get a witness

D  A  ...


[BRIDGE]

E--2-----2--------------2-----------------------0--------------
B--0-----3--------------2-------4---------------0--------------
G--0-----0--------------3-------4---------------1--------------
D--2-----2--------------4-------4---------------0--------------
A--2--------------------2-------2---------------2--------------
E--0--------------------2-----------------------0--------------
 EmAug9  D?             F#      B               E7
   I'm   rooting for you  and I toasted when I heard about you

F#                  D           A
  And how you got a witness


G             Em7                  
A citizen may be in another place
D A G               Em7       
     Here comes the wind
            D A G
I'm a chaser
                   D A 
it's time to leave
               Bm     
Here it comes
                   G
It's time to leave

[CHORUS]
F+          D       G  D
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G  D 
Can I get a witness,   witness
F+          D       G
Can I get a witness
D           Bm      G
Can I get a witness

(repeat chorus)

[SOLO]

D  A  G  Em7  (2x)

D  A  G   D  A  G  Em7

D  A  G   Em7

D  A  G   D  A  G   Em7 (2x) 

D  A  G   Em7

D  A  G   D  A   G  Em7

_______________________________________________________________

and this is F+  (F augmented)

E--1--
B--2--
G--2--
D--3--
A--x--
E--x--

Technically the chords in the song are in E, so D-A-G is E-B-A,
Bm is C#m, F+ is G+, etc.

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