GIMME SHELTER- The Rolling Stones

TUNING: E B E G# B E

INTRO (same chords as chorus)

C#C# Piano Chord 
 (sus)
Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today
If I don't get some shelter, oh yeah I'm gonna fade away

CHORUS 1
C#C# Piano Chord 
   BB Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 
                       EE Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 

War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
C#C# Piano Chord 
   BB Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 
                       EE Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 
   C#C# Piano Chord 

War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin, our very streets today
Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way
CHORUS 2

Solo
CHORUS 3:
C#C# Piano Chord 
    BB Piano Chord 
        AA Piano Chord 
                      EE Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 

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, yeah

Mmm, the flood is threatening, my very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter, or I'm gonna fade away

CHORUS 4:
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away, it's just a thought away, it's just a shot away

CHORUS 5:
I said, 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, kiss away, kiss away, yeah





:Yup. I'm around. Does anyone know of a good source for the tablature

:music for Gimme Shelter?


No, but here's a recipe -- I got this out of an interview with Keef in

Guitarist a couple of years back:


take one Fender Telecaster

tune to open E (E B E G# B E)

the intro and chorus use C#-B-A-E (9th, 7th, 5th, open)

the verse uses C# (9th fret) and F# (basically, move your

fingers around the 11th and 12th frets)


Listen to it a few times and maybe you'll get a feel for it.  But the

open tuning is essential.


--Rick.

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Title:			GIMMIE SHELTER                                (Stones)

C#   B   A   C#   B   A   C#   B   A  C#  B  A  ,(rock it)  C#   B   A

C#C# Piano Chord 

OH  the storm is threaten'in, out on the street today

if I don't get some shelter, oh I gonna fade away

C#C# Piano Chord 
            BB Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 
                                   BB Piano Chord 

oh children , its just a shot away , its just a shot away

C#C# Piano Chord 
            BB Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 
                                   BB Piano Chord 

oh children , its just a shot away , its just a shot away

C#C# Piano Chord 

Oh the fires is a sweepin , out the street today

Burns like a red coat dog, lets put the logs away

C#C# Piano Chord 
            BB Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 
                                   BB Piano Chord 

oh children , its just a shot away , its just a shot away

C#C# Piano Chord 
            BB Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 
                                   BB Piano Chord 

oh children , its just a shot away , its just a shot away

C#C# Piano Chord 
            BB Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
                                   BB Piano Chord 

oh sister, its just a kiss away , its just a kiss away

C#C# Piano Chord 
                            BB Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 

its just a kiss away  its just a kiss away  its just a kiss away

AA Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 
  C#C# Piano Chord