[INTRO][INTRO]

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C#

Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today

   If I don't get some shelter, oh yeah I'm gonna fade away

[Chorus][Chorus]

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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

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C#

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin, our very streets today

   Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way

[Chorus][Chorus]

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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

Rape, murder, 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

Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, yeah

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C#

Mmm, the flood is threatening, my very life today

   Gimme, gimme shelter, or I'm gonna fade away

[Chorus][Chorus]

C#   B   A  

War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away

   It's just a shot away, it's just a thought away, it's just a shot away

I said, 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, kiss away, kiss away, yeah