Escrita
por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em
23 de fevereiro e 2 de novembro de 1969 e lançada em 5 de dezembro
de 1969, no dia que meu pai fez 21 anos, no disco Let it bleed. Na
verdade, Gimme shelter abre o disco.
Merry
Clayton faz uma participação especial nos vocais, convidada por
jack Nitzsche. Ela entra depois do primeiro verso e canta os próximos
três versos com Mick Jagger. Vem o solo de gaita de Jagger, o solo
de guitarra de Richards e ela canta: “Rape, murder, it's just a
shot away”. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano, Jimmy Miller tocou
percussão, Charlie Watts tocou bateria, Bill Wyman tocou baixo, Mick
jagger tocou gaita e cantou backing vocals com Richards e Clayton.
Keith Richards tocou guitarra solo e ritmica.
Gimme
shelter é a música de número 38 na lista das 500 maiores canções
de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Pitchfork Media diz que
é a número 12 das 200 melhores canções dos anos 60.
Foi
regravada por Merry Clayton, Patti Smith, Tom Jones, U2, entre outros
artistas.
A letra:
Oh, a storm is
threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot
away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way
War, children, it's just a shot
away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder!
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder yeah!
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder!
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away yea
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away yea
The floods is threat'ning
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm gonna fade away
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot
away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away
A versão original dos Stones:
A versão de Bono, Mick Jagger e
Fergie:
A versão do Playing for Change:
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