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Gimme Shelter

by The Rolling Stones
on Forty Licks

Lyrics

Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
full lyrics
Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
full lyrics

Features of This Track

repetitive melodic phrasing
demanding instrumental part writing
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation
acoustic rhythm piano
a vocal-centric aesthetic
extensive vamping
groove based composition
mixed minor & major key tonality
electric guitar riffs
an emotional male lead vocal performance
a prominent harmonica part
vocal harmonies
emphasis on instrumental arranging

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Comments

who's the female vocal? she's amazing
Tripping hard & fast
I want my lyrics back instead of an advertisemen t
Song is too good !!
my amp goes to 11
Awesome trac!!!❌❤❌❤
RAPE, MURDER!
Bad a** song that is timeless!!
milowere6
Early Stones were amazing !!!!!!
Ooooo eeeee What up with dat, What up with dat
Play this song to black ops
ottomagg.30
Really like the early Stones. Brings back alot of memory's of my teen years and all the good times with bro 's gone on. We will meet again on down the road.
Best rock&Roll song ever recorded.
Best song to play with the volume at 11
The opening guitar riff is the Best!
The stones...jus t a smile away. Try listening without one?
\(^O^)/
emilyhall184 1
Love this song.
Such a good song, especially when it's played during goodfellas
I've been hit...man down, give me shelter; Gotha ur 6...
Crap! I thought it was Tina Turner. Oh well. Perhaps their best tune.
Takes you back to a very different time.
❌❤❌❤ awesome song!!!
Black& Blue album. What a mess.
The Stones even survived their flirt with Disco.
This Behind 'day in the life' 2nd best song recorded.
Personally my favorite Rolling Stones song.
Brings back so many childhood memories.... L o r d , give me shelter or I'm going to fade away!! ❌⭕❌⭕
Ok, I always thought the female vocal was Grace Slick all these years. But Mary Clayton ? hmmm
This and sympathy are my favorite stones songs
This song is wonderful. It immortalizes the 60s and the struggles in the decade.
I thought it was Tina Turner. Oops!
edt8601
About the only Stones song I'll listen to. A perfect encapsulatio n of the late 60s.
@Martinezdiv e r Merry Clayton
Who's the female vocals on this song? I'm too lazy to google!
Please ignore my previous comment. Too many beverages! Sent to the wrong address. Oops!
Always reminds me of a Martin Scorsese movie! I always thought it was Ann Wilson from Heart singing back-up to Jagger when I was a kid.
I'm always in the mood for this song. Long live The Stones!
Hadn't been Able to log on. Thought that maybe I had screwed something up, but I got it now. Guess it must have been unavailable. Don't think there is going to be any real weather problems. Be careful anyway. Love you!
kkirkent said he saw faces comein outta tha wall ta GimmeShelter - I saw him watchin faces comein outtathawall comein outtaMY wall in 1969
No matter what I listen to I always come back to rock.
Love the stones remember Vietnam 1965 hura
Kkiirkent I was born 1942 all through the 50s & 60s I did every drug out there I f**king never heard of someone
ODing on acid bad trips yeah ODing impossible you're a dick wad...
I think Scorsese added this song to the soundtrack to two of his movies, one of them being The Departed.
bonndox7
Like if you remember the black ops trailer
O.D.' d on acid as a kid. Saw faces coming out of the wall to this song
If gimme shelter was featured on Forrest Gump,I don't remember it. Please refresh my memory before I have search my DVD for it!
Love this song
Awesome track...
Amazing
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