Skip to content

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter – Isolated Bass & Drums

Here is the isolated bass & drums track for Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones. It includes percussion with guitar and background vocals on the intro. Album info and lyrics are below.

This is published as a resource to help you you hear and learn the bass line and drums part to “Gimme Shelter”. This audio is also useful as a backing track for guitar, vocals, and all other instruments – add and record your parts while playing on top of this track. Hope you enjoy. Contact us for requests.

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Isolated Bass & Drums

Album Info:

Album Title – Let It Bleed
Release Date – 5 December 1969

Album Tracks:

Side One

  1. Gimme Shelter
  2. Love in Vain
  3. Country Honk
  4. Live with Me
  5. Let It Bleed

Side Two

  1. Midnight Rambler
  2. You Got the Silver
  3. Monkey Man
  4. You Can’t Always Get What You Want

The Rolling Stones Band Members:

Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar
Keith Richards – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals, bass guitar, lead vocals
Brian Jones – congas, autoharp
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, autoharp, vibraphone
Charlie Watts – drums
Mick Taylor – slide guitar, electric guitar

“Gimme Shelter” Lyrics:

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

Isolated Bass Tracks – Main Page

Isolated Bass Tracks Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter – Isolated Bass & Drums