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Gimme Shelter
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Yeah, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Lord, I'm gonna fade away
full lyrics... 
Yeah, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Lord, I'm gonna fade away
full lyrics... 
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Features Of This Song
repetitive melodic phrasing
acoustic rhythm piano
extensive vamping
demanding instrumental part writing
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation
groove based composition
mixed minor & major key tonality
a vocal-centric aesthetic
electric guitar riffs
an emotional male lead vocal performance
a prominent harmonica part
vocal harmonies

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.
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Gimme shelter, yeah, gimme shelter,yeah
If I don't get some shelter
At our streets today
My very life today
It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
A mad bull lost its way
Burnin' like a red coal carpet
It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away, hey, yeah
It's just a shot away, hey, yeah
Kiss away, kiss away
Gimme shelter, gimme shelter
Lord, I'm gonna fade away
I tell  love, sister, yeah, it's just a kiss away
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away
A gimme, a gimme shelter
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot 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
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away, shot away, shot away
Yeah, a storm is threatening
Songwriters: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Oh, see the fire is sweepin'
My very life today
Yeah, a storm is threatening
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away
I tell  love, sister, yeah, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away, kiss away, kiss away
Publisher: ABKCO MUSIC INC
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away, shot away, shot away
Or I'm gonna fade away
Gimme shelter, yeah, gimme shelter
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away
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