This song, “Together We Will Witness” by Australian songwriters, Paul McGee, John Littrich and Neil McCann, otherwise known as The Dogmatics is No136 in AOV NG. They appear to write mainly for schools but this song is more than a school song and is quite an unusual entry in this collection. It doesn’t sound like anything else and after 136 songs that is saying something.
I had real trouble with this backing as the chorus doesn’t have a definite vocal line amongst the many harmony lines. I’d just sing it an octave lower than the backing or get at least 3 parts singing. This collection tries to put everything a musician might want in the sheet music but for marginal musicians it might just obscure things a bit much. Perhaps a guitarists version would help!
errata:
p426 top line the Bb chord is unlikely – it should be an F.
Together we will witness
Together we will witness
Verse 1
We all travel different roads;
We see the face of God in pilgrims on our way.
Lord, it’s you we seek in every step we make.
Lord, it’s You we need in ev’ry breath we take.
Prechorus
We will receive the power,
Raise our voices joyfully.
Chorus
Together we will witness (You alone our Lord.)
Together we will witness (Jesus your words are our call.)
Together we will witness (You alone are our Lord.)
Together we will witness (Jesus your words are our call.)
Verse 2
We’re called to journey with your cross,
Unified by the Spirit’s guiding hand.
Though we speak in different tongues,
We take the challenge into the world.
Prechorus
Chorus
Chorus x2 (key change)
© Paul McGee, John Littrich, Neil McCann 2006.