Blessed To Be A Witness by Ben Harper Blessed To Be A Witness – Ben Harper On the album (diamonds on the inside) Ben Harper plays this song on a Thiele Tongue drum box marimba sounding thing). Here is the guitar arrangement for the song. I would probably pluck or finger-pick the to keep the rhythm of the tongue drums. btw - if you were wandering what corcovado is: it is the mountain in rio de janerio that massive statue of Jesus Christ is on. Capo on 2nd fret Verse One F C Corcovado parted the sky G Am And through the darkness on us he shined F C Crucified in stone G Am Still his blood is my own F C Glory behold all my eyes G Have seen, have seen Chorus F Am I am blessed, I am blessed (x2) G F C I am blessed to be a witness This is the riff they do on the tongue bell drums at the end of the chorus (play during bar in which they play C) e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------0---------------0---2---------------------| D|-2--2--0-3------(2)--2---0-3--------------------| A|--3-----(3)-------3-----------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| The chords are the same throughout the rest of the song, in the instrumental part just the verse’s chord progression. Heres the rest of the lyrics…. Some have flown away And can't be with us here today Like the hills of my home Some have crumbled and now are gone Gather around for today Won't come again Won't come again I am blessed to be a witness So much sorrow and pain But still I will not live in vain Like a question never asked Is wisdom wasted on the past Only by the grace of God Go I Go I I am blessed to be a witness…. www.TAB6.com