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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 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
