E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ------7-7-7----------5-5-5--------4p2---4p2---4p2---4p2-----4-4-4--6----------------------------
B ------6-6-6-6--------4-4-4-4------2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---4-4-4--6--------------------------
D ------6-6-6-6--------4-4-4-4------2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---4-4-4--6---------------------------
A -4--4-----------2-2------------0----------------------------2-2-2--4----------------
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BPM 119 [Intro] C# B A
[Verse] [C#] Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today [C#] If I don't get some shelter, oh yeah I'm gonna fade away
[Chorus] [C#] War, [B] children, [A] it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away [C#] War, [B] children, [A] it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
[Verse] [C#] Ooh, see the fire is sweepin, our very streets today [C#] Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way
[Chorus] [C#] War, [B] children, [A] it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away [C#] War, [B] children, [A] it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away [C#] Rape, [B] murder, i [A] t's just a shot away, it's just a shot away [C#] Rape, [B] murder, i [A] t's just a shot away, it's just a shot away [C#] Rape, [B] murder, i [A] t's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah
[Verse] [C#] Mmm, the flood is threatening, my very life today [C#] Gimme, gimme shelter, or I'm gonna fade away
[Chorus] [C#] War, [B] children, [A] it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away [C#] It's [B] just a sho [A] t away, it's just a thought away, it's just a shot away [C#] I sai [B] d, love, s [A] ister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away [C#] It's [B] just a kis [A] s away, it's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away, yeah
[Intro - BPM 87 - No drums high riff] [Em7] E -7------7-7------7---7-- B -7h8----8-8------8---7-- G -7------7-7------7---7-- D -7h9----9-9------9---7-- A -7------7-7------7---7-- E -7------7-7------7---7-- Dr B S B S
[Verse] [Em7] Down around the corner, half a mile from here See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse] You [Em7] know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse] Well the Ill [Em7] inois Central And the [Em7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Em7] keep on pushin' mama You [Em7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse - Rhythm changes to (BB) S B S for Gm7 section] [Em7] E ------------------ B ------------------ G ------------------ D -7--9--------------- A -5--7--------------- E -0----------------- Dr B B S B S
Well the Ill [Em7] inois Central And the [Em7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Em7] keep on pushin' mama You [Em7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse - Rhythm - drop snare just bass drum] Well the [Em7] pistons keep on turning And the whe [Em7] els go round and round The [Em7] steel rails are cold and hard For the [Em7] miles that they go down
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Am7] ooh (drums stop)
[Intro riff] back in - ad lib til end - bring drums back in at some point [Em7][Em7][Em7][Dm7] B S B S
