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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
[Intro Riff - BPM 98 - No drums (claps at end)] [E].............[A] [C#m][G#m][A][E][F#m][B][E]
E---------------------------------4---4---5--0----2---2--0-------- B-----99-9-------2----99-9--------5---4---5--0----2---4--0-------- G-----99-9-------2----99-9--------6---4---6--1----2---4--1-------- D-2---99-9-------2----99-9--------6---6---7--2----4---4--2-------- A-2---77-7-----240----77-7--------4---6---7--2----4---2--2-------- E-0----------34------------245-578----4---5--0----2------0-------- DrB---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S--- (power chord for first E maj - use 2nd and 4th finger for 24 and 023 runs so can hold A chord down whilst doing so)
[Drums in - Vocal Intro - Start notes B to E] Uh- [E] huh [B/D][C#m] huh [B] huh [A] huh [A/G#][F#m] Let me [B] tell ya now [C#m] Uh-huh [G#m] Uh-huh [A] uh-huh [E] uh-huh [F#m] ooh o [B] oh o [E] oh
[Verse 1 - Start note is open B string - Just bass drum] [E] When I had you to myself I [A] didn't want you around Those [C#m] pretty [G#m] faces [A] always [E] made you [F#m] stand out [B] in a [E] crowd But [E] someone picked you from the bunch One [A] glance was all it took [C#m] Now it's [G#m] much too [A] late for [E] me to [F#m] take a [B] second [E] look
[Chorus - Drums in] [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] give me [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] ( [F#m] show you that I [B] love you) [C#m] Won't [G#m] you [A] please [E] let [F#m] me [B] (b [E] ack in your heart) [E] Oh [B/D] darlin' [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you g [A/G#] o ( [F#m] let you go [B] baby) But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back)
[E] (Full - drums with extra snare on I want you back) Yes I do now (I want you back) Ooh ooh baby (I want you back) Ya ya ya ya (I want you back) Na na na na
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] [E] Tryin' to live without your love Is [A] one long sleepless night [C#m] Let me [G#m] show you girl [A][E] That [F#m] I know [B] wrong from [E] right [E] Every street you walk on I [A] leave tearstains on the ground [C#m] Follo [G#m] wing the [A] girl [E] I didn't [F#m] even [B] want a [E] round, let me tell you now
[Chorus - Full drums] [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] all I [B] need is [A] one more [A/G#] chance [F#m] (show you that I [B] love you) [C#m] Won't [G#m] you [A] please [E] let [F#m] me [B][E] (back in your heart) [E] Oh [B/D] darlin' [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you g [A/G#] o ( [F#m] let you go [B] baby) But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back) (Drums stop)
[E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh [E] [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I want [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I need [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I want [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I need
(full drums) [E][B/D] Oh [C#m] just [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] To [F#m] show you that I [B] love you [C#m] Baby ( [G#m] baby) [A] baby ( [E] baby) [F#m] baby ( [B] baby) [E] (I want you back)
(just bass drum) [E] Forget what happened then (I want you back) [E] Let me live again
(full drums) [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you [A/G#] go [F#m][B] But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back)
(just bass drum) [E] Spare me of this cause [E] Gimme back what I lost
(full drums) [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] I need [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] ha, I [F#m] tell ya that I [B] love you [C#m] Baby [G#m] (ah) [A] baby ( [E] ah) [F#m] baby ( [B] ah) [E] (I want you back) [End]
