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A2.2·rock·4:31

Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones · 1969

Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones (1969) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • It's just a shot away
  • It's just a shot away
  • War, children
  • It's just a shot away

Echo the hook

  • It's just a kiss away
  • It's just a kiss away
  • It's just a kiss away
  • It's just a kiss away
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ooh, ais threatening

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ooh yeah I'mfade away

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Rape,it's just a shot away

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Mmm, ais threatening

Exercise 5

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If I don't get some shelter

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Or I'm gonna fade away

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ooh, a storm is threatening

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's just a shot away

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Our streets today

Exercise 10

Choose the missing word:

Ooh, a ? is threatening

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

If I ? get some shelter

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Ooh, see the ? is sweepin'

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Mad ? lost its way

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Or I'm ? fade away

Exercise 15

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 21

How many times do you hear the word "shot" in the whole song?

"shot"

Exercise 22

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Gimme, gimme shelter
  • It's just a shot away
  • Ooh, a storm is threatening

Exercise 23

Compare "Gimme Shelter" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 24

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Gimme Shelter", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Gimme Shelter" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 26

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • it's→

Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Gimme Shelter" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

"Gimme Shelter" was released in 1969. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 30

If you could ask The Rolling Stones one question about "Gimme Shelter", what would it be and why?

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