INTRO: Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
#1.
Eb
Listen everybody, especially you girls..is it right
to be left alone while the one you love is never home?
Ab
I love too hard, all my friends, sometimes say.
Eb
But I believe, I believe that a woman should be loved
that way.
Bb Ab
But it hurts me so inside, to see her treat me so unkind.
Eb
Somebody, somewhere, tell her it's unfair.
CHORUS:
Eb
Can I get a witness?..(Can I get a witness?)
Can I get a witness?..(Can I get a witness?)
Eb
Can I get a witness?..(Can I get a witness?)
Somebody?..(Can I get a witness?)
#2.
Ab
Is it right to be treated so bad..when you've
given everything you had?
Eb
Even tossin' in my sleep cause I haven't seen
my baby all week.
Bb Ab
Now, you chicks do agree, that this ain't the way
love's supposed to be.
Eb Bb
Well, let me hear and let me hear you say yeah!!
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!)
#3.
Bb Eb
Up early in the morning with her on my mind.
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Eb
Cause I find out, all night, that I've been cryin'.
Ab
But I believe a woman's a man's best friend..
Eb
so, I'm gonna stick by her, till the very end.
Bb Ab
But she causes so much misery that, I forget how
love is supposed to be.
Eb
Somebody, somewhere, tell her it ain't fair!
CHORUS:
Eb
Can I get a witttttness?..(Can I get a witness?)
Eb
I want a witness..(Can I get a witness?)..witness,
witness..(Can I get a witness?)..witness, witness..
Eb
(Can I get a witness?)
#4.
Ab Eb Ab Eb
Everybody knows, especially you girls, how love can be sad.
Eb
But what pass for the love, that's twice as bad.
Bb Ab
But now, all you chicks agree, that this ain't the way its's
supposed to be.
OUTRO:
Eb
Let me hear you, let me hear you say, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Eb
I want a witness..I want a witness..come on, babe..
(yeah, I need a witness)..I want a witness..(yeah, I need a
Eb
witness)..A little bit louder..(yeah, I need a witness)..
yeah, louder, louder!..(can I get a witness?)..(Fade.)
