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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 - Vocal starts on B note] [G] I threw a wish in the well, [Em] Don't ask me, I'll never tell [C] I looked to you as it fell, [D] and now you're in my way [G] I trade my soul for a wish, [Em] pennies and dimes for a kiss [C] I wasn't looking for this, [D] but now you're in my way (bass drum in) [G] Your stare was holdin', [Em] ripped jeans, skin was showin' [C] Hot night, wind was blowin' [D] Where you think you're going, baby?
[Chorus] [G] Hey, I just met you, [D] and this is crazy, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe? [G] It's hard to look right, [D] at you baaaabeh, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe? [G] Hey, I just met you, [D] and this is crazy, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe? [G] And all the other boys, [D] try to chase me, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe?
[Riff on G - Just bass drum]
[Verse 2 - Light drums] [G] You took your time with the call, [Em] I took no time with the fall [C] You gave me nothing at all, [D] but still, you're in my way [G] I beg and borrow and steal [Em] At first sight and it's real [C] I didn't know I would feel it, [D] but it's in my way [G] Your stare was holdin', [Em] ripped jeans, skin was showin' [C] Hot night, wind was blowin' [D] Where you think you're going, baby?
[Chorus] [G] Hey, I just met you, [D] and this is crazy, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe? [G] It's hard to look right, [D] at you baaaabeh, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe? [G] Hey, I just met you, [D] and this is crazy, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe? [G] And all the other boys, [D] try to chase me, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe?
[Bridge] [G] Before you came into my [D] life I missed you so bad [C] I missed you so bad [D] I missed you so, so bad [G] Before you came into my [D] life I missed you so bad [C] And you should know that [D] I missed you so, so bad
[Drums stop - just play chorus riff] [G][D][C][D]
[Chorus - Just bass drum] [G] It's hard to look right, [D] at you baaaabeh, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe? (Drums back in) [G] Hey, I just met you, [D] and this is crazy, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe??
[G] And all the other boys, [D] try to chase me, [C] but here's my number, [D] so call me, maybe?
[Outro] [G] Before you came into my [D] life I missed you so bad [C] I missed you so bad [D] I missed you so, so bad [G] Before you came into my [D] life I missed you so bad [C] And you should know that [D] So call me, maybe? [End]
