Gimme Shelter Chords & Tabs
"Gimme Shelter" by The Sisters of Mercy (from the album "Some Girls Wander by Mistake")
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transcribed by jonas-ol@dsv.su.se
please note: gimme shelter on the 'temple of love' 12" (and (sgwbm) was
probably recorded with the bass & guitars tuned slightly up/down (delete as
applicable) form normal tuning. i didn't bother tuning my guitar when i
transcribed it so there are probably more errors than normal in this one.
Bass:
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riff a:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------4-
riff b:
A|-4---------------4---------------4-------------------------------
E|---------------4---------------4-------------------------------4-
riff c:
A|-4---------------2---------------0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
riff d:
A|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------0---0-2-
E|-----------------------------------------------2-2-2---2---2-----
riff e:
A|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------2-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------2-4---
riff f:
a|-4-
Guitar 1:
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riff a:
G|-----4-4---4---------2-2---2-------2-----2-----2---2-----2-------
D|---6---------6-----4---------4-----------------------2-----2-----
A|-4-------------4-2-------------2-0---0-0---0-0---------0-----0-2-
riff b:
G|-----6-6---6---------4-4---4-------2-----2-----2---2-----2-------
D|---6---------6-----4---------4-----------------------2-----2-----
A|-4-------------4-2-------------2-0---0-0---0-0---------0-----0-2-
riff c:
A|-4---4---4-4-4-4-2---2-2---2-2-2-0---0---0-0-0-----------0---0-2-
E|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2---------
riff d:
A|-4---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---4---4---4-4---4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---4-
riff e:
A|-4---------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2:
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riff a:
G|-----4-4---4---------2-2---2-------2-----2-----2---2-----2-------
D|---6---------6-----4---------4-----------------------2-----2-----
A|-4-------------4-2-------------2-0---0-0---0-0---------0-----0-2-
riff b:
G|-----6-6---4---------4-4---4-------2-----2-----2---2-----2-------
D|---6---------6-----4---------4-----------------------2-----2-----
A|-4-------------4-2-------------2-0---0-0---0-0---------0-----0-2-
riff c:
A|-4---4---4-4-4-4-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------0---0-2-
E|-----------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2---2-----
riff d:
A|-4---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-
riff e:
A|-4---------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 3:
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riff a:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------7-
riff b:
e|-9---------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------9---------------910p9-----------7-9---9---797---
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-
riff c:
B|---------------------------------------------------------7-797---
G|-6---6---6-6-6-6-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------9-
D|---------------------------------7---7---7-7-7-------------------
riff d:
B|---------------------------797-----------------------------797---
G|-6-----------------------------9-6-----------------------------9-
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sisters_of_mercy/gimme_shelter_btab.html ]
riff e:
G|-6---6---6-6-6-6-4---4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------
D|---------------------------------7---7---7-7-7-------------------
riff f
e|-9---9---9-----9---7-7-------7-7-7-----7-------------------------
B|----------------------------------1010--10-9-7-9---7-7-9-7-797---
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-
riff g:
e|-9---9---9---9-9---7-7-------7-7-7-----7-7---7-7-----------------
B|----------------------------------1010----10----10-910-9-7-797---
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-
riff h:
e|-9---9---9---9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------7-7-----------------------
B|----------------------------------1010----10-910-7-9-910-9-797---
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-
riff i:
e|-9---9---9---9---9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------7---7---------------------
B|----------------------------------1010--10--10-9-910-910-9-797---
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-
riff j:
e|-9---9---9---9---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------9-9---9-------9---910p9-------9---7-9---9---797---
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-
riff k:
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-6---6---6-6-6-6-4---4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------
D|---------------------------------7---7---7-7-7-------------------
riff l:
e|-9---------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 4:
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riff a:
D|-----------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4---------
A|-----------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4---------
E|-----------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2---------
riff b:
D|-----------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-
A|-----------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-
E|-----------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-
How to play:
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bass: | a b c d|e e d d e|e e d d e|e e d d|e e d d|d d d d|d d d d|d d d d d d f|
guitar 1:| a b b b c|d d c c d|d d c c d|d d c c|d d c c|c c c c|c c c c|e |
guitar 2:| a b b b c|d d c c d|d d c c d|d d c c|d d c c|c c c c|c c c c|e |
guitar 3:| a b b b c|d d e c f|d d e c g|d d e c|h i c c|j j e e|b b b b|l |
guitar 4:| a| b a | b a | b a| a a| b b| | |