Chords for U2 w. Mick Jagger, Fergie and Will.i.am - Gimme Shelter - Madison Square Garden - 2009/10/29&30

Tempo:
118.2 bpm
Chords used:

C#

B

A

E

C#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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U2 w. Mick Jagger, Fergie and Will.i.am - Gimme Shelter - Madison Square Garden - 2009/10/29&30 chords
Start Jamming...
Well I am in the house y'all
Further in the [C#] house
[N] Let's try something a little
Dangerous and [A#] special
[F#m]
[B] [E] [C#m]
[C#] [D#m]
[E] [F#m]
[A#m] [F#m]
[B] [Em] [F#m]
[C#] [F#]
[B] [E] [F#m]
[C#m] [C#]
[B] [A]
[Bm] [C#]
[B] [A]
[C#m] [C#] Yeah, it was no misreadning
I barely lied today
If I don't get to shelter
Now I [C#m] fade away
[C#]
[E] Children
[A] It's just a shadow wave
It's just a shadow wave [E] Children
[A] It's just a [C#m] shadow wave
It's just a shadow [C#] wave
Oh, see the fire is sweeping
Oh, very sweet today
Burns like a red gold carpet
Man bought lost his way [A] Oh, [G#m] [E] children
[A] It's just a shadow [F#m] wave
It's just a [C#m] shadow wave
Oh, [E] children
[A] It's just a shadow wave
It's just a [C#m] shadow [C#] wave
[B] [A] It's
[E] [C#m]
[B] [A]
[Bm] [C#]
[B] [A]
[B] [C#]
[B] [A]
[B] [C#]
[B] [A] just a shadow [B] [C#]
[B] [A] wave
It's just a shadowy [E] [C#]
war.
That's all.
Yeah.
There's still a storm in sweat and my very life today.
Give me, give me shelter.
Lord, I'm gonna fade [E] away.
[C#]
War, [B] children.
[A] It's just a [E] shadowy, it's just a [C#] shadowy war. War, [B] children.
[A] It's just a shadowy, [E] it's just a [C#] shadowy, [E] shadowy.
It's just a [A] shadowy, it's just a [E] shadowy, shadowy.
[C#]
[B] It's just a [E] [A] give the way,
[B] [C#]
[B] [A]
[Bm] [C#]
[B] [A] it's just a give the way.
[E] [C#] [B] [A]
[Bm] [C#]
[B] [A]
[C#]
[B] [A]
[C#]
[B] [A]
[E] [C#]
[B] [A]
[E] [B] [C#]
[N]
[C#] [N]
Key:  
C#
12341114
B
12341112
A
1231
E
2311
C#m
13421114
C#
12341114
B
12341112
A
1231
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To learn U2 - (Live, with Mick Jagger, Fergie, and will.i.am) Gimme Shelter chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - B, A, E, C#, B, A, C#, Bm and C# of chords. A strategic approach would be to train at 59 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 118. With E Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ _ Well I am in the house y'all _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Further in the [C#] house
_ [N] Let's _ _ try something a little
_ _ Dangerous and [A#] special
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ Yeah, it was no _ misreadning
I barely lied today
If I don't get to shelter
_ Now I [C#m] fade away
[C#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ Children
_ [A] It's just a shadow wave
It's just a shadow wave _ [E] Children
_ _ _ [A] It's just a [C#m] shadow wave
It's just a shadow [C#] wave _ _
_ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
see the fire is sweeping
_ Oh, very sweet today
_ _ Burns like a red gold carpet _ _
Man bought lost his way [A] _ Oh, [G#m] _ _ _ [E] children
[A] It's just a shadow [F#m] wave
It's just a [C#m] shadow wave
Oh, _ [E] _ children
[A] It's _ just a shadow wave
It's just a [C#m] shadow [C#] wave _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] It's _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ just a shadow _ _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ wave
It's just a shadowy _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
war.
That's all.
_ Yeah.
There's still a storm in sweat and _ my very life today.
_ Give me, _ give me shelter.
_ Lord, I'm gonna fade [E] away.
[C#] _ _
War, [B] children.
_ _ [A] It's just a [E] shadowy, it's just a [C#] shadowy war. War, _ [B] children.
_ _ [A] It's just a shadowy, [E] it's just a [C#] shadowy, _ _ [E] shadowy.
It's just a _ [A] shadowy, it's just a [E] shadowy, shadowy.
_ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] It's just a [E] [A] give the way, _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ it's just a give the way.
_ _ [E] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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This song was composed by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.

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