A whiter shade of pale (Procol Harum)

C                                   a
We skipped the light fandango 
F                                                    d
And turned cartwheels across the floor.
G                               e         G7 C                                     a     e
I was feeling kind of seasick,     the crowd called out for more.
F                                      d        G                               e  G7
The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away.
C                                        a       e      F                                 d
When we called out for another drink, the waiter brought a tray.

G            C    Cmaj7        a    C  F                                 d
And so it was     that later,      as the miller told his tale,
G                                      e        G7              C        F             C (G7C)
That her face at first just ghostly    turned a whiter  shade of pale.

C                                a        F                                      d
She said "there is no reason, and the truth is plain to see",
G                                          e                G7 C                               a  e
But I wandered through my playing cards  and would not let her be.
F                                  d      G                                        e        G7
One of sixteen vestal virgins, who were leaving for the coast.
C                                           a    e
And although my eyes were o--pen, 
F                                                        d
They might just as well have been closed.


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