Gimme Shelter Live 1973 by The Rolling Stones Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Yeah, this storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

[Chorus]
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!
Whoo!

[Verse 2]
Yeah, see the fire is sweeping
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost your way
[Chorus]
War, children
It's just a shot away
War, children
It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
Yeah!

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
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
Hey!
Yeah!

[Verse 3]
Yeah, and the flood's threatening
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm going to fade away

[Chorus]
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, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
I tell you love, sister
It's just a kiss away
Love, sister
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away, yeah
It's just a kiss away, yeah
Oh yeah!
Kiss, kiss, a kiss away
Kiss, kiss, a kiss away
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss
Kiss away

[Guitar Solo]

[Audience Applause]

[Spoken Word: Mick Jagger]
Aye-aye-aye-aye. Aye-aye! Hello, hello everybody. We're gonna get a Keith up now. Keith's gonna sing a song for you called "Happy."