E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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] | F#m | F#m E/G#(476454) | A | A (Bm Bm/C#-x44x22) | | D | D | E | C#7 |
[Verse 1] [F#m] It can't be [E/G#] said I'm an [A] early bird It's ten o' [Bm] clock bef [Bm/C#] ore I [D] say a word Baby, I can never [E] tell How do you sleep so [C#7] well? You keep telling me to
[F#m] live right To go to [E/G#] bed before the [A] daylight But then you [Bm] wake up [Bm/C#] for the [D] sunrise You know you don't gotta pre [A] tend Baby, now and [E/G#] then Don't you just wanna
[Pre-Chorus 1] [F#m] wake up, dark as a lake? Smel [E/G#] ling like a [A] bonfire, lost in a haze? If [Bm] you're drunk [Bm/C#] on [D] Life, babe, I think it's great But while in this [E] world I think I'll [C#7] take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat My coffee black [E/G#] and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] me I [C#7] take my whiskey
[F#m] neat My coffee black [E/G#] and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [E] mee [C#7] ee
[Verse 2] I aim [F#m] low I aim true and the [E/G#] ground's where I [A] go I work [A] late where I'm [Bm] free [Bm/C#] from the [D] phone And the job gets done But you [E] worry some, I [C#7] know But who wants to live for
[F#m] ever, babe? You treat your [E/G#] mouth as if it's [A] Heaven's gate The rest of [Bm] you like [Bm/C#] you're the [D] TSA I wish I could go a [A] long, babe, don't get me [E/G#] wrong You know you're bright as the
[Pre-Chorus 2] [F#m] morning, as soft as the rain Pret [E/G#] ty as a [A] vine, as sweet as a grape If you can [Bm] sit [Bm/C#] in a [D] barrel, maybe I'll wait Until that [E] day I'd rather [C#7] take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat My coffee [E/G#] black and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] me
I [C#7] take my whiskey [F#m] neat My coffee [E/G#] black and my [A] bed at three You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [E] mee [C#7] ee
