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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
[Harmonica in E ready for random solo and Oooohs] [Intro - No Drums] [E][D][A][E]
[Verse] [E] Please allow me to introd [D] uce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste [E] I've been around for a [D] long, long year [A] Stole many a man's soul and [E] faith
[E] And I was 'round when [D] Jesus Christ Had his [A] moment of doubt and [E] pain Made damn sure that [D] Pilate Washed his [A] hands and sealed his [E] fate
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] [E] I stuck around St. [D] Petersburg When I [A] saw it was a time for a [E] change Killed the Czar and his [D] ministers Anas [A] tasia screamed in [E] vain
I [E] rode a tank Held a [D] general's rank When the [A] Blitzkrieg raged And the [E] bodies stank
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] I [E] watched with glee While your [D] kings and queens Fought for [A] ten decades For the [E] Gods they made
I [E] shouted out "Who killed the [D] Kennedys?" When [A] after all It was [E] you and me
[E] Let me please intro [D] duce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste And I laid traps for [D] troubadours Who get [A] killed before they reached Bom [E] bay
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game oh yeah, get down, baby
[Solo]
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] Just as [E] every cop is a [D] criminal And [A] all the sinners [E] saints As heads is tails Just call me [D] Lucifer 'Cause I'm in [A] need of some re [E] straint
[E] So if you meet me Have some [D] courtesy Have some [A] sympathy, and some [E] taste Use all your well-learned pol [D] itesse Or I'll [A] lay your soul to [E] waste, um yeah
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game