Can I Get A Witness Cifras

***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.***
Tabbed by Robert Da Prato 3rd October, 2022
 
Define:
* = Single Strum   (  ) = Chord Riff Pattern
Please Note:
             To save space on the Tab page  (D) = (D Bm/A Ambb5 Bm/A
             To save space on the Tab page  (G) = (G Em/G G7/F A5b7)
             To save space on the Tab page  (A) = (A/E Asus2 A/E Asus2)
             To save space on the Tab page (G7) = (G Em/G G7/F A5b7 G/D)
 
Please Ignore UG chord suggestions and play chords as shown in Tab (  ) Chords and below.
A/E = xx222x   Asus2 = x024xx      G = 3200xx  Em/G = 302xxx  G7/F = xx300  A5b7 = x020xx  G/D = xx000x
  D = xx0232    Bm/A = x00400  Ambb5 = x005xx  Bm/A = x004xx
 
  (D     Bm/A  Ambb5 Bm/A)  (G     Em/G  G7/F  A5b7)  (A)               (G7)
e|-2--2--------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-3--3--------------------|-------------0--0--------|-2-2-----2-2---2-|---------0-0---0-|
G|-2--2--4--4--5--5--4--4--|-0--0--------0--0--0--0--|-2-2-----2-2---2-|-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--2--2--3--3--2--2--|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-2-0-|
A|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|-2--2--0--0--------0--0--|-----0-0-----0---|-2-2-0-0-----0---|
E|-------------------------|-3--3--3--3--------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|
  (D) Riff                   (G) Riff                 (A) Riff          (G7) Riff
 
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[Intro]
  (D)                       (D)                       (D)                       (D)
e|-2--2--------------------|-2--2--------------------|-2--2--------------------|-2--2--------------------|
B|-3--3--------------------|-3--3--------------------|-3--3--------------------|-3--3--------------------|
G|-2--2--4--4--5--5--4--4--|-2--2--4--4--5--5--4--4--|-2--2--4--4--5--5--4--4--|-2--2--4--4--5--5--4--4--|
D|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
     (D)                      (D)
Ah ah listen everybody (body), especially you girls (girls)
        (D)                                      (D)
It's not right to be left alone, when the one you love is never home
(G)                    (G)
   I loved too hard, my friends sometime say
  (G)                          (D)                     (D)
my friends sometime say but I believe, I believe that a woman should be loved that way
      (A)                            (G7)
But it hurts me so inside, to see you treat me so unkind
   (D)             (D)
Somebody, somewhere tell her it ain't fair,
 
[Verse 2]
           (D)                                    (D)
Can I get a witness (can I get a witness) I want a witness (can I get a witness)
        (D)                                (D)
I want a witness (can I get a witness), Somebody (can I get a witness) 
     (G)                                  (G)
Is it right to be treated so bad, when you give it everything you had
    (D)                         (D)
If I talks in my sleep, 'cause I haven't seen my baby all week      
       (A)                  (G7)
Now you chicks do all agree,    this ain't the way it's supposed to be   
      (D)                       D*
Let me hear you,let me hear you say, "yeah yeah"
 
[Verse 3]
N.C.           (D)                           (D)
Up early in the morning, well they're on a'my mind
       (D)                                    (D)
Just to find her out all night, well I've been crying               
       (G)               (G)
But I believe a women's a man's best friend          
         (D)           (D)
I'm gonna stick by her, untill the very end
        (A)                       (G7)
Well she caused me so much misery,    I forget how it's supposed to be   
   (D)              (D)
Somebody, somewhere,   tell her it ain't fair 
            A*
Can I get a witness.
 
[Verse 4]
N.C.       (D)                                     (D)
Can I get a witness (can I get a witness), I want a witness (can I get a witness)
        (D)                                     (D)
Witness, witness (can I get a witness), Witness, witness (can I get a witness)       
    (G)                                      (D)
Everybody knows, especially you girls, that a love can be sad 
          (D)                           (A)
But half a love is twice as bad, now you chicks do all agree      
(G7)
   That ain't the way love's supposed to be,
      (D)                            (D)
Let me hear ya, let me hear you say, "yeah yeah"
 
[Verse 5]
           (D)                                     (D)
Can I get a witness (can I get a witness), I want a witness (can I get a witness)       
        (D)                                (D)
I want a witness (can I get a witness), Somebody (can I get a witness)  
     (G)                                  (G)
Is it right to be treated so bad, when you give it everything you had       
    (D)                         (D)
If I talks in my sleep, 'cause I haven't seen my baby all week        
         (A)                       (G7)
Well, she caused me so much misery     that's the way it's supposed to be    
      (D)                             (D)
Let me hear you, let me hear you say, "yeah yeah",
 
[Outro]
        (D)                                     (D)
I want a witness (can I get a witness), I want a witness (can I get a witness)      
       (D)                                (D)
I wanna be (can I get a witness), I want a witness (can I get a witness)      
        (D)
Witness, witness
(Fades Out......)
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