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Can I Get a Witness chords by
Marvin Gaye
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Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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The same songwriting team

also composed

Motown's next major hit,

Can I

Get a

Witness, by

Marvin
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Gaye.
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Marvin reminisces about that session.

Holland

Dozier and
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Holland came to me one

day and they said,
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gee
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Marvin, we've got a great thing here.
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And I said, see I need some_ thing.

Diane and a couple of the other
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Supremes were in the studio

and they said, well,
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let's use them for backup voices.

So
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Diane thought it was great.
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She loves that kind of thing.

She's
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so groovy and she said yeah I'd
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love to get on that an_ d so
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Diane and the girls
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did back_ ground work on that and I went
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and re_ cord I said gee man I love it so
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much I swear right in that after_ noon and did that
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kind of get a wit_ ness


one you love, you're never home
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I love too hard,
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are my friends some_ times safe?
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But I believe, I believe

That a woman could be loved that way
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But it hurts me so inside
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To see her treat me so unkind
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Somebody, 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?
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Is it right to be treated so bad
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When you've given

everything you had
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Even tossed it in my sleep

Cause I haven't seen my baby all week
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Now you think you agree
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That this ain't the way

love's supposed to be
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Let me hear you, let me hear say, yeah
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Up early in the morning,

I woke up on my mind

Just to find out all night

that I've been crying
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But I be_ lieve a woman's

a man's best friend
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So I'm gonna stick by her

Till the very end
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Cause she caused so much misery
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That I forget how love's

Supposed to be some_ body
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Cause I'm aware

Tell her it ain't fair
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Can I get a witness?
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Can I get a witness?

Can I get a witness?

I want a witness

Can I get a witness?
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Wit_ ness, witness

Can I get a witness?
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With this, with that
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Every_ body knows

Especially you, girl
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A love can be sad

But half of a love is quite as bad
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Now all you chicks agree
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That this ain't the way

it's supposed to be
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Let me 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
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What is the original key of Can I Get a Witness?

The original key of Can I Get a Witness by Marvin Gaye is Eb major.

What are the main chords for Can I Get a Witness?

The primary chords used in Can I Get a Witness are Eb, Ab, Db, Bb, Gb, Cb.

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To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Is Can I Get a Witness beginner-friendly on guitar?

Yes, this version uses open chords like Eb, Ab, Db, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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The tempo of Can I Get a Witness is approximately 171 beats per minute.

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