The Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter Lyrics:
(Oooo-oooo-oooooo.)
(Oooo-oooo-oooooo.)
(Oooo-oooo-oooooo.)
(Oooo-oooo-oooooo.)

Ooo, 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. Yeah!

Ooo, see the fire is sweepin' our very street today.
Burns like a red, coal carpet, mad dog, 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. Yeah!

[Instrumental break.]

Rape, murder!
It's just a shot away.
It's just a shot away.

Rape, murder! Yeah-eah.
It's just a shot away.
It's just a shot away.

Rape, murder! Yeah.
It's just a shot away.
It's just a shot away.
Yay-yay-yay, yeah.

The flood 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.

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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.
Yay.

[Instrumental to end.]


[GIMME SHELTER [1] ]
[Written by: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.]
[Produced by: Jimmy Miller.]
[Performed by: The Rolling Stones [2] [2a] -1969.]
[Appears on: Let It Bleed (UK/US)-1969, (Japan)-2006; Gimme Shelter
(Live)-1971 & (Video)-1991; Hot Rocks: 1964-1971 (ABKCO)-1972 [3] , (Sound &
Vision)-2005 & (Japan)-2006; If You Can't Rock Me (Bootleg-Baton Rouge)-1975;
Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (Decca)-1975 &
(Universal)-2007; East & West (Bootleg)-1979; Jumpin' in German, Burnin' in
Hollywood (Bootleg)-1979; Headin' for an Overload (Bootleg)-1995; Forty Licks
(Virgin US)-2002, (Collector's Edition)-2002, (European Tour Edition)-2003,
(European Tour Edition Expanded)-2003; No Security (UK/US)-1998, (Japan Bonus
Track)-1998; Remastered Series-2004; et al.]

[1] This song first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1969 album,
Let It Bleed. Although the first word was spelt "Gimmie" on that album,
subsequent recordings by the band and other musicians have made "Gimme" the
customary spelling.

[2] Personnel, May 1969-December 1974: Mick Jagger (lead vocals, backup
vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitars, back up vocals), Mick Taylor [4]
(guitars, bass, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals), Charlie Watts
(drums), Bill Wyman (bass), Nicky Hopkins (piano) and Jimmy Miller
(percussion). Some of the backup vocals, and even some of the lead vocals
were sung by African-American session singer, Merry Clayton, (misspelled on
the album as Mary), who was able to reach full, high notes that Mick Jagger
could not have. To date this effort remains one of the most prominent
contributions to a Rolling Stones track by a female vocalist.

[2a] Covered by: David Cassidy, Merry Clayton, Ashley Cleveland, Ruth
Copeland, Copper Snake, Detroit, Girl on Top, The Goo Goo Dolls, Grand Funk
Railroad, Hawkwind, Hellacopters, Hookfoot, Impulse Manslaughter, Inspiral
Carpets, Mick Jagger, Josefus, Angélique Kidjo, Phil Lesh & Friends, The
London Symphony Orchestra, Meat Loaf, Tim Ries, The Rolling Clones, Mitch
Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, The sisters of Mercy, The Stereophonics, Patti
Smith, Joss Stone, Mick Taylor, Thunder, Jal Tjader, Keith Urban, Carla
Whitney, Randall Zwart, et al.

[3] Transcribed from the track on this album.

[4] Mick Taylor replaced Brian Jones who was fired because of his heavy drug
use which rendered him unable to tour the U.S. during the summer of 1969.
Shortly thereafter, on July 2, 1969, he was found dead in the pool at his
home 50 miles southeast of London. It was reported that Jones had been
drinking wine and taking downers.
Lyrics: Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones [end]