Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones * Track #1 On Let It Bleed

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Album Let It Bleed

ALBUM

The Rolling Stones

1969

Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones

Release Date

Fri Dec 05 1969

Performed by

The Rolling Stones

Produced by

Jimmy Miller

Writed by

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

About

“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 afterwards).

It paints a bleak world view inspired by the Vietnam war, as put by Mick Jagger:

“Well, it’s a very rough, v...

Gimme Shelter Lyrics

[Intro: Merry Clayton]
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 1: Mick Jagger]
Ooh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

[Chorus: Mick Jagger & 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, yeah

[Verse 2: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton]
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very streets today
Burns like a red-coal carpet
Mad bull lost your way

[Chorus: Mick Jagger & 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]

[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 it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Yeah

[Verse 3: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton]
Mmm, a flood is threatening
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm going to fade away

[Chorus: Mick Jagger & 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 & 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

[Instrumental Outro]
[Harmonica Solo]

Gimme Shelter Q&A

Who wrote Gimme Shelter's ?

Gimme Shelter was written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.

Who produced Gimme Shelter's ?

Gimme Shelter was produced by Jimmy Miller.

When did The Rolling Stones release Gimme Shelter?

The Rolling Stones released Gimme Shelter on Fri Dec 05 1969.

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