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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---------------------------
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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 117 - No drums high riff] [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] E -10-----10-10------10---10-- B -10h11--11-11------11---10-- G -10-----10-10------10---10-- D -10h12--12-12------12---10-- A -10-----10-10------10---10-- E -10-----10-10------10---10-- Dr B S B S
[Verse] [Verse riff] [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] E -3-----3-3------3---5----- B -3-----3-3------3---6---- G -3-----3-3------3---5---- D -3-----3-3------3---7---- A -3h5---5-5------5---5------ E -3-----3-3------3---5---- Dr B S B S
[Gm7] Down around the corner, half a mile from here See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse] You [Gm7] 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 [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse] Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama You [Gm7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse - Rhythm changes to (BB) S B S for Gm7 section] [Gm7] E -3----------------- B -3----------------- G -3----------------- D -3--5--------------- A -3--5--------------- E -3----------------- Dr B B S B S
Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama You [Gm7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse - Rhythm - drop snare just bass drum] Well the [Gm7] pistons keep on turning A nd the whe [Gm7] els go round and round [F] The [Gm7] steel rails are cold and hard [F] For the [Gm7] miles that they go down
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Cm7] ooh (drums stop)
[Intro riff] back in - ad lib til end - bring drums back in at some point [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] B S B S