Gimme shelter
A - G
- F - G (4x) A - G - F - G
A G A G
A
1. Ooh, a storm is
threatening my very life today,
A
G A G A
if I don't get some shelter, oh
yeah, I'm gonna fade away.
A G
- F G
War, Children, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
A G - F G - A ~
War, Children, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
A G A G
A
2. Ooh, see the fire sweeping,
our very streets today,
A
G A G A
burn like a red coal carpet, mad
bull lost its way.
A
G - F
G
War, Children, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
A G
- F
G - A
War, Children, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
+ A ~ ~ + A - G - F - G (3x)
A G - F
G
Rape, Murder, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
A G
- F
G
Rape, Murder, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
A G
- F
G - A ~
Rape, Murder, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
A G A
G A
3. Mmm, the flood is
threatening, my very life today,
A G A
G
A
gimme, gimme shelter, I'm
gonna fade away.
A G
- F
G
War, Children, it's just a shot away,
it's just a shot away.
A - G
it's just a shot away, it's just
a shot away,
F - G
it's just a shot away. I tell you…
A G
- F
G
Love, sister, it's just a kiss away,
it's just a kiss away.
A - G
It's just a kiss away, it's
just a kiss away,
F
G A
it’s just kiss away, kiss
away, kiss away, yeah.
+ A - G - F - G (3x) …
(orig. = capo 4th) (The Rolling
Stones)