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Artist: rolling stones
Track: gimme shelter

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Oh, a storm is threat'ning
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

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way

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

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 yea

The floods is threat'ning
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
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Genius Meanings
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
“Gimme Shelter” is the opening track of the Rolling Stones’s 1969 album Let It Bleed (where it was actually spelled “Gimmie Shelter”, but the more accurate spelling was adopted
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter (Live 1973)
[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
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter (Live 1995)
[Intro] / Ooh-ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh / [Verse 1] / Ooh, a storm is threat'ning / My very life today / If I don't get some shelter / Ooh yeah, I'm gonna
The Sisters of Mercy – Gimme Shelter
Oh, see the storm is threatening / My very life today / If I don't get some shelter / Yeah, I'm gonna fade away / War, children / It's just a kiss away / It's just a kiss away
U2 (Ft. Fergie & Mick Jagger) – Gimme Shelter
[Mick Jagger] / Ooo / OooOoo, a storm is threatenin', my very life today / If I don't get some shelter, oh I'm gonna' fade away / [Chorus: Mick Jagger & Bono] / War children, it's
Stone Sour (Ft. Lzzy Hale) – Gimme Shelter
[Verse 1] / Ooh, a 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
Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter
Ooh, that storm is threatenin' my very life today / If I don't get me no shelter / I think I'm gonna fade away / War, children / It's just a shot away / It's just a shot away / War
Paul Brady (Ft. The Forest Rangers) – Gimme Shelter
Ooh, a storm is threatnin' / 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
The Rolling Stones (Ft. Lady Gaga) – Gimme Shelter (GRRR Live!)
[Intro] / Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh / [Verse 1: Mick Jagger] / Oh, a storm is threat'ning / My very life today / If I don't get some shelter / Oh yeah, I'm
Playing For Change – Gimme Shelter
Oh, a storm is threat'ning / 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
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter Covers
See all of “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones’s covers
Ruth Copeland (Ft. George Clinton) – Gimme Shelter
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) / (Ooh-ooh-ooh) / (Ooh-ooh-ooh) / (Ooh-ooh-ooh) / Ooh, a storm is threatnin' / My very life today / If I don't get some shelter / Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away / War
The Rolling Stones & Lady Gaga – Sweet Sounds of Heaven
[Part I] / [Verse 1: Mick Jagger] / I hear the sweet, sweet sounds of Heaven / Fallin' down, fallin' down to this earth / I hear the sweet, sweetest sounds of Heaven / Driftin
Patti Smith – Gimme Shelter
Oh, a storm is threat'ning / 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
Pain (SWE) – Gimme Shelter
[Verse 1] / Ooh, a 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
Rag'n'Bone Man – Gimme Shelter (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
[Intro] / (Ooh-ooh-ooh) / (Ooh-ooh-ooh) / [Verse 1] / Ooh, a storm is threatening / Our very life today / If I don't get some shelter / Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away / [Chorus
Grand Funk Railroad – Gimme Shelter
Oooo, oooo, oooo / Oooo, oooo, oooo / Oooo, a storm is threatenin', my very life today / If I don't get some shelter, oh, I'm gonna' fade away / War, children, it's just a shot
Metric – Gimme Sympathy
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Meaning of "Gimme Shelter (Live 1995)" by The Rolling Stones
"Gimme Shelter" is a powerful song by The Rolling Stones, released in 1969 and performed live in 1995. It tackles themes of impending doom, war, violence, ...
Meaning of "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by The Rolling Stones which paints a bleak picture of a world on the brink of destruction. In the song, Mick Jagger sings of a st...
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The Rolling Stones
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
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Forty Licks by The Rolling Stones
Forty Licks is a 2002 compilation celebrating 40 years of the Rolling Stones with 40 songs across two CDs: 36 of their greatest hits and four new tracks including “Don’t Stop