Gimme shelter    (midi)

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)