A Whiter Shade Of Pale

1967 - Words by Keith Reid, Music by Gary Brooker.

C - x32010

Em/B - x22000

Am - x02210

C/G - 332010

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F/E - 033211

Dm - xx0231

Dm/C - x30231

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G/F - 1x000x

Em - 022000

G7/D - xx0001

F/G - 3x3211

G7 - 320001

Intro.

4 b/b

C Em/B Am C/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G G/F Em G7/D C F G

Verse 1 (same for Verse 2, verse 2 lyrics at bottom)

C Em/B Am C/G

We skipped the light fandango

F F/E Dm Dm/C

turned cartwheels 'cross the floor

G G/F Em G7/D

I was feeling kinda seasick

C Em/B Am C/G

but the crowd called out for more

F F/E Dm Dm/C

The room was humming harder

G G/F Em G7/D

as the ceiling flew away

C Em/B Am C/G

When we called out for another drink

F F/E Dm

the waiter brought a tray

Chorus

G C Em/B Am C/G

And so it was,___ that later,____

F F/E Dm Dm/C

as the miller told his tale

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that her face, at first just ghostly,

C F C G7

turned a whiter shade of pale

Instrumental - Same as Intro

Verse 2

She said, 'There is no reason

and the truth is plain to see.'

But I wandered through my playing cards

and would not let her be

one of sixteen vestal virgins

who were leaving for the coast

and although my eyes were open

they might have just as well've been closed

Chorus

Instrumental 2 (same as intro)

Chorus