Gimme Shelter lyrics

[Intro: Merry Clayton]

Oooooh

Oooooh

Oooooh

[Verse 1: Mick Jagger]

Ooh, a storm is threat'ning

My very life today

If I don't get some shelter

Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

[Chorus: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton]

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

[Verse 2: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton]

Ooh, see the fire is sweeping

Our very street today

Burns like a red coal carpet

Mad bull lost your way

[Chorus: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton]

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

[Bridge: Merry Clayton]

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

Rape, murder! (Woo!)

It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away

[Verse 3: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton]

Mmm, the floods is threat'ning

My very life today

Gimme, gimme shelter

Or I'm going to fade away

[Chorus - Variation: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton]

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

[Outro: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton]

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)

• Artist:The Rolling Stones
• Album:Let It Bleed (1969)