Joe Cocker - Shelter Me: chords

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This ain’t no place for losers or the innocent
of mind,
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it’s a full time job for anyone to stay alive.
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The streets have satellite boundaries, for the war
that’s never won,
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what a wasteland for broken dreams and hired guns.

Chorus:
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Shelter me, baby, shelter me,
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when I’m sinking down and losing ground, shelter me!

I’ve got to sleep with one eye open,
the other holds my tears,
in the darkness I can hide my heart
but none of my fears.
In the morning, like a soldier
I’ll approach the battleground,
another day, another dollar bill,
and the world goes round.

Chorus:
Shelter me
Won't you shelter me
When I'm sitting like I'm losing ground
Shelter me
Won't you shelter me
Oh, shelter me
When I lose control
Of my own home
Shelter me

Every time time I tumble down
I want to pack it up and leave this town
But when I finally get the nerve
Get cleared out of the shoes

I'm thanking you
I'm thanking you

Chorus:
Baby shelter me
Please shelter me
When I'm sitting down, and losing ground
Shelter me
Won't you shelter me

When I lose control
Am I alone
Shelter me
Won't you shelter me
Oh, shelter me
Baby please
Oh, shelter me
Stay back and shelter me
Come on and shelter me
When I lose control
Am I alone
Shelter me