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Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones
Version1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 6x
Oh,  a storm is threat'ning
 My very life today
 If I don't get some shelter
 Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
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
Ooh,  see the fire is sweepin'
 My very street today
 Burns like a red coal carpet
 Mad bull lost its 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
Rape, murder!
It's  just a shot away
 It's just a shot away
Rape, murder!
It's  just a shot away
 It's just a shot away
The  floods is threat'ning
 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 tell you 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

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Readable chord sheet for Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

[B] [A] [G]  6x

[B]Oh, a storm is threat'ning

My very life today

If I don't get some shelter

Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

[B]War, [A]children,[G] it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away
[B]War, [A]children,[G] it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

[B]Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'

My very street today

Burns like a red coal carpet

Mad bull lost its way

[B]War, [A]children,[G] it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away
[B]War, [A]children,[G] it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

[B] [A] [G]

[B]Rape, [A]murder!
[G]It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

[B]Rape, [A]murder!
[G]It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

[B]The floods is threat'ning

My very life today

Gimme, gimme shelter

Or I'm gonna fade away

[B]War, [A]children,[G] it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away
[B]It's just a shot away
[A]It's just a shot away
[G]It's just a shot away

I tell you [B]love, [A]sister,[G] it's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away
[B]It's just a kiss away
[A]It's just a kiss away
[G]It's just a kiss away

Kiss away, kiss away

[B] [A] [G]

[B]   [A]
[A]   [G]
[G]   [F]

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