Jimmy Miller - Gimme Shelter lyrics

[Intro: Merry Clayton] Oooooh [Verse 1: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton] 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 [Guitar Solo] [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! 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) [Guitar Solo]