Released: December 5, 1969
Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger
Producer: Jimmy Miller
[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, 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
[Guitar Solo]
2:03 - 2:43
Hey, hey
[Bridge: Merry Clayton]
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 (Woo!)
It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
Yeah
[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]
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, 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
[Guitar Solo]
2:03 - 2:43
Hey, hey
[Bridge: Merry Clayton]
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 (Woo!)
It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
Yeah
[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]
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