The Rolling Stones
Gimme Shelter
Let It Bleed (1969)

Open E - EBEG♯BE

C♯  B  A    B  x 6  doux w/ ti-solo

  6e: + pesant  fin  EAEAEBEB

C♯(6)                                            où (6) = etc.
Ooh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah I'm gonna fade away

  C♯   B
  War, children                                       x 2
  A                         E A E A E B E B
  It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away

C♯(6)  x 2

Ooh, see the fire is sweeping
Our very streets today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way

  War, children                                       x 2
  It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away

C♯(6)  x 4

C♯  B  A  EAEAEBEB  x 4  w/ solo

  Rape, murder                                        x 3
  It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away

C♯(6)  x 2

Mmm, 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 thought away
  It's just a shot away

  I said, 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

C♯  B  A  EAEAEBEB  x 4

(fade out)