1975Released
5:01

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Interesting facts and trivia about Shelter from the Storm. By Songfacts®.

This song expresses the sadness of not knowing what you have until it's gone: "Now there's a wall between us, something there's been lost/I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed/Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn/'Come in,' she said, 'I'll give you shelter from the storm.'" It's likely that Dylan wrote this about his soon to be ex-wife, Sara Dylan.

Dylan wrote this with only three chords and a simple melody. It started out as a song called "Up To Me," which Roger McGuinn recorded in 1976.

Dylan got the title from a line in Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Who'll Stop The Rain?": "I went down Virginia, seekin' shelter from the storm..."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Shelter from the Storm.
EKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
107BPM

Album

The album Shelter from the Storm is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Shelter from the Storm.
Columbia
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

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