I believe the song is written in the key of A, if this helps.
For each riff, I just use the strings
it uses to save a little space.
Riff 1:
[[E-]--2---0------------------------
[B]-0---0----0-3--0-2--0-0-0----0--
[G-]-------------------------2-2---]
Riff 2:
[[E]-4-2-0-5--2-0---4-
[B-]-------------3---]
Riff 3:
[[E]-4-5-7-7-5-7-7-4-5-]
Intro: B5, play Riff 1, pause,
play again (second time is actually slightly
different)
(Riff 1 twice, no pause)
Shelter
I've been branded, I've been washed around left for dead,
I've been cast out from this world
I've been exiled, I've been stranded on the street,
Ain't got no place left to run
(Riff 2) (Riff 1)
No one loves me, anymore, anymore, anymore
(Riff 2)
Another heartbeat, down...come on and take me to the
(Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
Shelter
(play Riff 1 twice)
I've been exiled, I've been raised within the street,
in this wicked world
Persecution, I'm carrying my cross, down here on my knees
(Riff 2) (Riff 1)
No one loves me, anymore, anymore, anymore
(Riff 2)
Another heartbeat, down...come on and take me to the
(Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
Shelter
Solo:
[[E-]--2----0-----------------------5----2----5----2-----0-
[B]-0----0----0-3--0-2------0----0----0----0----0---2-2---
[G-]--------------------2-2-------------------------------
[E-]----------------------------------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-
[B-]---------0--0--2-2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------
[G]-2--2-2-2------------------------------------------------]
(this is basically a run up the scale starting on )
Chords (played during solo):
...come on and take me to the
(Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
(give me your loving)
(Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, sleeping on the street tonight
(give me your loving)
(Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
(give me your loving)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
Outro:
[[E-]--------------------
[B-]--------------------
[G-]----2-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-
[D]-4-4-----------------]