Gimme Shelter

The Rollig Stones publicó "Gimme Shelter" tras el asesinato producido en una de sus conciertos en Altmon en 1969. Sus Satánicas Majestades habian contratado para este concierto gratuito a los famosos Angeles del Infierno como seguridad ante la multitud. Mientras tocaban en el escenario "Sympathy for the Devil", comenzaron los altercados que acabaron con el asesinato de Meredith Hunter, un joven de 18 años. El concierto, que no fue interrumpido por lo sucedido, acabó con la vida de cuatro personas y una gran cantidad de heridos. Pasó a ser uno de los momentos malditos del rock,reflejado en la letra de los Stones, "...solo un disparo nos separa del crimen..." (Gimme Shelter).

Gimme Shelter
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Oh, a storm is threat'ning
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
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost your 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
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
The floods is threat'ning
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




Concultado en http://perem1.blogspot.com/2008/04/rolling-stones-live-at-altamont-1969-el.html y revista Rollin Stone nº63 enero 2005 ("Las 500 mejores canciones de la historia")