"The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter" Audio "The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter(1973)" Live "The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter" Lyrics [Intro: Merry Clayton] Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh [Verse 1: Mick Jagger] Ooh, a storm is threat'ning My very life today If I don't get some shelter Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away [Chorus: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton] 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 [Verse 2: Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton] Ooh, see the fire is sweeping Our very street today Burns like a red coal carpet Mad bul..........