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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 (244222@1)                     G#m (133111@4)E/B/A
Maybe you got faith in where this is going
                                F#m (244222@1)                  G#m (133111@4)   E/B/A
Maybe I''ll pull up the stakes and not be lettin' go
                          E/B/C#m                           AI (x02220@1)could not believe               I could not believe

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(CHORUS)
B(aug) (x2100x@1)      E (022100@1)       A/ECan (002220@1)I get a witness,   witness
B(aug) (x2100x@1)      E (022100@1)       A/ECan (002220@1)I get a witness,    witness
B(aug) (x2100x@1)      E (022100@1)       ACan (x02220@1)I get a witness
E (022100@1)             C#m (x13321@4)   ACan (x02220@1)I get a witness
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E/B (443121@4)A (x02220@1)                     F#m (244222@1)                      G#m (133111@4)E/B/A
You know a lot of times I think I'm mad
                                F#m (244222@1)    G#m (133111@4)E/B/A
And I feel lost on this exit now
                       E/B/C#m                        AI (x02220@1)cannot believe               I cannot believe

(REPEAT CHORUS)

E/B (443121@4)A (x02220@1)                                F#m (244222@1)                G#m (133111@4)E/B/A
And some of these people are just so lame
                         F#m (244222@1)        G#m (133111@4)                       E/B/A
I don't feel like a pupil just a loser on a game show
                            E/B (443121@4)   C#m (x13321@4)                AI (x02220@1)just can't believe it      No, I can't believe it

(REPEAT CHORUS without the ending B chord)

(BRIDGE)
C#m/F#m           G# (xx1114@1)        C#7 (x4342x@1)              F#7 (242352@1)               G#I'm (xx1114@1)rooting for you     and I toasted when I heard about you
                            E (022100@1)       BAnd (x2444x@1)how you got a witness
A (x02220@1)                     F#m (244222@1)               G#m/ E/B/A
A citizen may be in another place
                        F#m (244222@1)  G#mHere (133111@4)comes the wind
                   E/B/A
I'm a chaser
                                E/B(and) (443121@4)it's time to leave
                    C#mHere (x13321@4)it comes
                       AIt's (x02220@1)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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