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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
[Chord Cues - Intro D Dm7 C, Verse C Cmaj7 C7 F - Fm7 C Dm7 (G7 C) - FuCking CaD Great Cxxt, Horns - Dm7, G, oddC, Am to Asus4 or A7 - DoG CAt , Chorus - DoG, EmAm, DoG Cxxt - DoG, EmAm, DoBby] [Intro - Horn section - Original key - Capo on 4 - BPM 124] D Dm7 C Other horn line - C9 C Cmaj7 C C C9 C(high E emphasise) Melody is B - 3 1 x 0 1 1 3 E - 0 B - 3 1 x 0 1 - pluck notes with middle finger Repeat once
[Verse 1 - No drums - just rhythm with mute or plucking on guitar] You're just too [C] good to be true Can't take my [Cmaj7] eyes off you You feel like [C7] Heaven to touch I wanna [F] hold you so much At long last [Fm7] love has arrived And I thank [C] God I'm alive You're just too [Dm7] good to be true..... [G7] Can't take my [C] eyes off you
[Verse 2] Pardon the [C] way that I stare There's nothing [Cmaj7] else to compare The sight of you [C7] leaves me weak There are no [F] words left to speak But if you [Fm7] feel like I feel Please let me [C] know that it's real You're just too [Dm7] good to be true..... [G7] Can't take my e [C] yes off you
[Horn Section - Just bass drum] Ba-dam ba dam bit - for chords just strum Dm7 C Dm7 C A7 to finish for final horn stab (new chord progression - Dm7 then G then C then Am) (with C you can slide 2nd finger from 1st to 2nd fret - big tricky but doable) --Dm7-------G---------C--------Am-------- E-1-1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--0---0-0--- B-1-1-1-1-1-0--1-0-0--1-1-1-1--1---1-0--- G-1-2-1-2-1-0--0-0-2--1s2s1s2--2---2-2--- D-0-0-0-0-0-0---------2-2-2-2--2---2-2--- A-X-X-X-X-X-X---------3-3-3-3--0---0-0--- E-X-X-X-X-X-3---------X-X-X-X--X----------
[Chorus - Full drums] I love you, [Dm7] baby And if it's [G] quite alright I need you, [Em7] baby To warm the [Am7] lonely nights I love you, [Dm7] baby ....... [G] Trust in me when I [C] say: Oh, pretty [Dm7] baby Don't let me [G] down, I pray Oh, pretty [Em7] baby, now that I [Am7] found you, stay And let me [Dm7] (stop drums) love you, baby ..... Let me [Bb7] love you
[Verse 1 - Slap snare - Up 3 semitones - capo to 7 on original] (play final C 3555 so can make it ring and change position of Capo) You're just too [C] good to be true Can't take my [Cmaj7] eyes off you You feel like [C7] Heaven to touch I wanna [F] hold you so much At long last [Fm7] love has arrived And I thank [C] God I'm alive You're just too [Dm7] good to be true..... [G7] Can't take my e [C] yes off you
[Horn Section - Full drums - Back to normal key - Just half this time Dm7 C then A7 to finish]
[Chorus] I love you, [Dm7] baby And if it's [G] quite alright I need you, [Em7] baby To warm the [Am7] lonely nights I love you, [Dm7] baby ....... [G] Trust in me when I [C] say: Oh, pretty [Dm7] baby Don't let me [G] down, I pray Oh, pretty [Em7] baby, now that I [Am7] found you, stay I love you, [Dm7] baby ....... [G] Trust in me when I [C] say: