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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--------------------------
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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
[Verse 1] [Em] Nights in white [D] satin, [Em] never reaching the [D] end, [C] Letters I've [G] written, [F] never meaning to [Em] send. [Em] Beauty I've [D] always missed, [Em] with these eyes be [D] fore, [C] Just what the [G] truth is, [F] I can't say any [Em] more
[Chorus] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D]
[Verse 2 - Play SR1 with every D] [Em] Gazing at [D] people, [Em] some hand in [D] hand, [C] Just what I'm [G] going through, [F] they can't under [Em] stand. [Em] Some try to [D] tell me, [Em] thoughts they cannot [D] defend, [C] Just what you [G] want to be, [F] you'll be in the [Em] end.
[Chorus] And I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em] (Bass stop then snare stop)
[Solo - Finger pick chords] (No drums) - Em D C B7 (Drums in) - Em D C B7 Em C Em C Am B Am B7 Em D C Em D Em D
[Verse 3 - Play SR1 with every D] [Em] Nights in white [D] satin, [Em] never reaching the [D] end, [C] Letters I've [G] written, [F] never meaning to [Em] send. [Em] Beauty I've [D] always missed, [Em] with these eyes be [D] fore, [C] Just what the [G] truth is, [F] I can't say any [Em] more
[Chorus x 2] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em]
[End - forget orchestral bit :-)]
[Notes] [String riff 1 - SR1] E --2 3 2 0 ------------------------------------------------ B ----------2---------------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------- E Essentially strum D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D5 (mute high E)
