The Rolling Stones

Released: October 18, 2011

Songwriter: Mick Jagger Keith Richards

Producer: Andy Johns

[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."

Formed in London in 1962, The Rolling Stones led the “British Invasion” along with The Beatles and were so successful their influence can be seen in arguably every rock ‘n’ roll band that followed.

Three of the current members have been there since the band’s singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, who write the majority of the band’s catalogue and also produced some albums as The Glimmer Twins; and drummer Charlie Watts. The fourth official member is guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has been there since 1975 (the keyboardist and bassist who play in studio and live are usually not listed). The Stones have released more than 20 studio albums, and even as age caught up on them, continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit, with big stadium tours continuing through the 1990s, 2000s and into the 2010s.

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