Black Frank

Black Frank - Can I Get A Witness guitar chord

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From Carylanne@aol.com Sun Apr 27 11:14:12 1997

Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 19:07:19 -0400 (EDT)

From: Carylanne@aol.com

To: guitar@olga.net

Cc: music@lsds.com

Subject: Guitar Chord and Transcription of Frank Black "Can I Get a Witness"

Frank Black "Can I Get a Witness"

transcribed by William F. Sullivan and Carole Lima

from the limited edition CD "The Cult of Ray" by Frank Black/ Sony Music/

1996

PLEASE NOTE

This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the

song.  You may only use this file for private study,scholarship, or research.

(open B & E strings on every chord)

(intro) E/B/A

                       F#m                       G#m  E/B/A

Maybe you got faith in where this is going

                                F#m                    G#m     E/B/A

Maybe I''ll pull up the stakes and not be lettin' go

                          E/B/C#m                           A

I could not believe               I could not believe

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(CHORUS)

B(aug)        E         A/E

Can I get a witness,   witness

B(aug)        E         A/E

Can I get a witness,    witness

B(aug)        E         A

Can I get a witness

E               C#m     A

Can I get a witness

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E/B

A                       F#m                        G#m  E/B/A

You know a lot of times I think I'm mad

                                F#m      G#m  E/B/A

And I feel lost on this exit now

                       E/B/C#m                        A

I cannot believe               I cannot believe

(REPEAT CHORUS)

E/B

A                                  F#m                  G#m  E/B/A

And some of these people are just so lame

                         F#m          G#m                         E/B/A

I don't feel like a pupil just a loser on a game show

                            E/B     C#m                  A

I just can't believe it      No, I can't believe it

(REPEAT CHORUS without the ending B chord)

(BRIDGE)

C#m/F#m           G#          C#7                F#7                 G#

I'm rooting for you     and I toasted when I heard about you

                            E         B

And how you got a witness

A                       F#m                 G#m/ E/B/A

A citizen may be in another place

                        F#m    G#m

Here comes the wind

                   E/B/A

I'm a chaser

                                E/B

(and) it's time to leave

                    C#m      

Here it comes

                       A

It's time to leave

(REPEAT CHORUS 2X)

ENDING WITH PSEUDO ROBERT FRIPP GUITAR SOLO OVER THESE CHORDS

E/B/A/F#m/G#m

E/B/A/F#m/G#m

E/B/A/E/B/A/F#m/G#m

E/B/A/F#m/G#m

E/B/A/E/B/A/F#m/G#m

E/B/A/F#m/G#m

E/B/A/E/B/A  ( FADE )

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