[Intro]

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[Verse]

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Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today
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If I don't get some shelter, oh yeah I'm gonna fade away


[Chorus]

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War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B   C#
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away


[Verse]

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Ooh, see the fire is sweepin, our very streets today
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Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way


[Chorus]

C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B   C#
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
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Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah


[Verse]

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Mmm, the flood is threatening, my very life today
C#
Gimme, gimme shelter, or I'm gonna fade away


[Chorus]

C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B
It's just a shot away, it's just a thought away, it's just a shot away
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I said, love, sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away
C#   B         A                       E A E    A E    A E  B
It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away, yeah