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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro riff:
e|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
G|-----7-----7-----|-----10-----10-----|-------12-------12-------|-----10--------9----|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
A|-5-5---5-5---5-5-|/8-8----8-8----8-8-|/10-10----10-10----10-\8-|-8-8----8-\7-7---7--|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
2nd guitar comes in here with D
e|------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
G|------7-----7-----|-----10-----10-----|-------12-------12-------|--------15-----------14-----|
D|------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-\5-5---5-5---5-5-|/8-8----8-8----8-8-|/10-10----10-10----10-10-|-/13-13----13-\12-12-----12-|
E|------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
Main Riff:
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7---7---5-5---10--|--10-10---9-10-9---|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-5---5---3-3---8---|--8--8----7-8--7---|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
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π€ Intro:
D
D C F C (x2)
π€ Verse 1:
D C F C
It's taken everything
D C F C
Everything I've got and it's hung me on a line
D C F C
Water rising up over me
D C F C
And I think I'm going to die, think I'm going to die
Preπ€ Chorus:
D C F C
I told a lie, that's what I said
D C F C
I told them one you know I'll always keep
D F Bb A
Whose God is mine, whose God is mine
D F Bb A
Whose God is mine, whose God is...
Bb A
The one with the witness
π€ Chorus:
D F C
Shine your lonely light on me
Bb A D
I'll be there to hold the mirror
F C
I could take you down with me
Bb A
Show you lonely, lonely,
D C F C
Lonely
D C F C
π€ Verse 2:
D C F C
Death wastes no time it seems
D C F C
And its hung me on a line, hung me on a line
D C F C
Heartbreak falling all over me
D C F C
And I think I'm going to die, think I'm going to die
Preπ€ Chorus:
D C F C
I told a lie, that's what I said
D C F C
I told them one you know I'll always keep
D F Bb A
Whose God is mine, whose God is mine
D F Bb A
Whose God is mine, whose God is...
Bb A
The one with the witness
π€ Chorus:
D F C
Shine your lonely light on me
Bb A D
I'll be there to hold the mirror
F C
I could take you down with me
Bb A
Show you lonely, lonely,
π€ Solo:
D F Bb C
Lonely
D F Bb C (x3)
Preπ€ Chorus:
D C F C
I told a lie, that's what I said
D C F C
I told them one you know I'll always keep
D F Bb A
Whose God is mine, whose God is mine
D F Bb A
Whose God is mine, whose God is...
Bb A
The one with the witness
π€ Chorus:
D F C
Shine your lonely light on me
Bb A D
I'll be there to hold the mirror
F C
I could take you down with me
Bb A D
Show you lonely, lonely, lonely
D F C
Shine your lonely light on me
Bb A D
I'll be there to hold the mirror
F C
I could take you down with me
Bb A D
Show you lonely, lonely, lonely
π€ Outro:
D F C
D F C
Lonely, lonely,
D F C
Lonely
D F C
D
Other versions of this song
- Witness (Bass)
Song History
Published: April 13, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025