Can I Get a Witness Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
The [D]same songwriting team
also composed
Motown's next major hit,
Can I
Get a
Witness, by
Marvin
[G]Gaye.
[D]Marvin reminisces about that session.
Holland
Dozier and
Holland came to me [G]one
day and they said,
[D]gee
Marvin, [G]we've got a great [D]thing here.
And I [G]said, [D]see I need som[G]ethi[D]ng.
Diane and a couple of the other
Supremes [G]were in the studio
and they said, well,
let's use [C]them for backup [G]voices.[C]
So
Diane [G]thought it was great.
She loves [D]that kind of thing.
She's
so groovy and she said [A]yeah I'd
[D]love to get on [G]that [D]an d so
Diane and the [F]girls
did [A]back[G]ground [A]work on that and [D]I went
and re[G]cord I said gee man I love [C]it so
much I [F]swear right in that after[D]noon and did that
kind of get a wit[G]ness[D][G][A][Bb][A][D]
one you love, you're never home
[G]I l[C]ove too hard,
[G]are[C] my friend[G]s sometimes [C]safe?
[G]But I b[C]eli[D]eve, I believe
That a woman could be loved that way
But it [A]hurts me so inside
To see [G]her treat me [C]so unkind
[G]Som[C]ebo[D]dy, some way
Tell her it's unfair
Can I get some with me?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Is it [G]right to be [C]treated so [G]bad
[C]When [G]you've given
everything you had
Even [D]tossed it in my sleep
Cause I haven't seen my baby all week
Now [A]you think you agree
That [G]this ain't the way
love's supposed to be
Let me [D]hear you, let me hear say, [A]yeah
Up early [C]in the [D]morning,
I woke up on my mind
Just to find out all night
that I've been crying
But I be[G]lieve a woman's
a man's best friend
So I'm gonna [D]stick by her
Till the very end
Cause [A]she caused so much misery
That [G]I forget h[C]ow l[G]ove's
Supposed to be somebody
[D]Cause I'm aware
Tell her it ain't fair
Can I get a [A]witness?
Can I get a [D]witness?
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness
Can I get a witness?
Wit[G]ness, [D]witness
Can I get a witness?
With this, with [G]that
Every[C]body [G]knows
Especially you, girl
A [D]love can be sad
But half of a love is quite as bad
[A]Now all you chicks agree
That [G]this ain't the way
it's supposed to be
Let me [D]hear you
Let me hear you say
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I wanna with me
I want a
Whitney
Come on,
Whitney
I want a
Whitney
Just a little bit of my

[Outro 1]
Oh, yeah
[D][D][D]