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Gimme Shelter chords
The Rolling Stones 1969 Let It Bleed (M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Capo II *
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 A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A G
War, children, 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 A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A G. . . .
B A
Rape, murder!
G
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A
Rape, 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 A G
War, children, 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
B A G
I tell you love, sister, 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 ... .
* Alternate:
Capo IV
B = A
A = G
G = F
Set8

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