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Original The Rolling Stones version
Oh, a storm is threatening 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
Ooh, see the fire is sweeping our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet, a mad bull lost its way
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah
Rape, murder, 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
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah yeah yeah
Ooh, the floods 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 shot away
It's just a shot away
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, yeah
GIMME SHELTER is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and originally released by The Rolling Stones on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. The above lyrics are for the original The Rolling Stones version of GIMME SHELTER as released in 1969.
Bruce Springsteen covered GIMME SHELTER once. See the live 21 Oct 1995 version for more details. He also incorporated a snippet of the song into COVER ME during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. See the live 10 May 1988 version for an example.
List of available versions of GIMME SHELTER on this website:
GIMME SHELTER [Live 21 Oct 1995 version]