[Intro: Merry Clayton] Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 1: Mick Jagger] Ooh, a storm is threatening My very life today If I don't get some shelter Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away [Chorus: Mick Jagger & 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, yeah [Verse 2: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton] Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' Our very streets today Burns like a red-coal carpet Mad bull lost your way [Chorus: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton] War, children, yeah It's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, yeah It's just a shot away It's just a shot away [Guitar Solo] [Bridge: Merry Clayton] Rape, murder, 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 Rape, murder it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Yeah [Verse 3: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton] Mmm, a flood is threatening My very life today Gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm going to fade away [Chorus: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton] 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 [Outro: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton] 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 [Instrumental Outro] [Harmonica Solo]