The Work Is Done

Cm

[Verse 1]
Cm               Gm7/C       Cm
The work is done,   the work is done
The work is done I have just killed 
  Bb
a child
                 Cm
You know down in Vietnam

[Verse 2]
Cm                 Gm7/C        
It needs no father,    it needs no 
Cm
mother
It needs no parents anymore, cause 
    Bb
you know
                    Cm
'Cause you know the work is done

[Chorus]
Cm
So gimme shelter, so gimme shelter
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
            Cm
I have just killed someone
                       Bb         
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
             Cm
I have just killed someone

[Interlude]
Cm   Gm7/C  Cm
Cm   Gm7/C  Cm

[Verse 3]
Cm
I love the peace, I love the peace
I love the peace and if I killed the
    Fm
 enemy they said
            Cm
I have done nothing wrong
Cm
Do me a favour, do me a favour
Do me a favour just believe that I 
Fm
feel what I say
        Cm
Life is hard enough

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[Chorus]
Cm
So gimme shelter, so gimme shelter
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
            Cm
I have just killed someone
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
            Cm
I have just killed someone

[Bass & Keyboard Solos]
Cm  N.C.
Cm   Gm

[Chorus]
Cm
So gimme shelter, so gimme shelter
                         Fm        
Cm   Eb N.C.
So Uncle Sam look what I have done

[Bridge]
N.C.          Eb Fm
I'm on my way
N.C.           Cm
I'm going home

[Interlude]
Fm   Cm   Fm   Cm
Fm   Cm   Fm   Cm
Fm   Cm   Fm   Cm
Fm   Cm   Fm   Cm  N.C.
Cm   F Bb Cm
Cm   F Bb Cm
Cm   F Bb Cm
Cm   F Bb Eb N.C.
Cm

[Verse 4]
Cm
Hmm, the work is done, the work is 
done
The work is done I have just killed 
  Fm
a child
                    Cm
You know down in Vietnam
Cm
It needs no father, it needs no 
mother
It needs no parents anymore, cause 
    Fm
you know
                    Cm
'Cause you know the work is done

[Chorus]
Cm
So gimme shelter, so gimme shelter
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
                   Cm
I have just killed someone
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
                   Cm
I have just killed someone
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
                   Cm
I have just killed someone
So gimme shelter Uncle Sam, I'm a 
Fm
lonely boy
                   Cm      N.C.
I have just killed someone

[Bass Solo]
N.C.

[Guitar Solo]
Cm
Cm   F  Bb  Cm N.C.

[Other]
N.C.      Cm  F Bb Cm
I'm on my way
N.C.      Cm   F Bb Cm
I'm going home
N.C.      Cm   F Bb  Cm
I'm on my way
N.C.  Cm  F Bb Cm
Ahhh
Cm  F Bb Cm