ARTIST: The Rolling Stones
TITLE: Gimme Shelter
Lyrics and Chords


[Capo 2]

Ooh a storm is threatening my very life today
If I don't get some shelter, oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

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   War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
   War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah

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Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' our very streets today
Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull you've lost your way

   War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
   War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah

   Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
   Rape, murder, yeah, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
   Rape, murder, yeah, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah yeah yeah

Mm, the flood is threatening my very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter, or I'm gonna fade away

   War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
   It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away

   I say love, sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away
   It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away, yeah

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