WHITER SHADE OF PALE

 

Intro.:     C Em Am C F Am Dm F         G G7 Em G C F G F G

 

  C        Em                        Am    C  F                   Am

1.  We skipped a light fandango,       and turned cartwheels

                     Dm   F  G           G7                   Em        G

     cross the floor,         I was feeling kind of seasick,

C               Em                           Am     C   F

    but the crowd called out for more.

           Am                            Dm     F G           G7                Em   G

    The room was humming harder,      as the ceiling flew away,

C                  Em                 Am        C      F

    when we called out for another drink,

           Am                    Dm

    the waiter brought a tray.

 

     G7           C-Em         Am    C F            Am                Dm    F

    And so it was      that later,        as the miller told his tale,

G               G7                      Em       G

    that her face at first just ghostly

                       C     F                C       (G)  (not after last refrain)

    turned a whiter     shade of pale.

 

Instr.:  C Em Am C F Am Dm F         G G7 Em G C F G F G

 

  C        Em                      Am      C F               Am                  Dm

2.  She said, there is no reason,        and the truth is plain to see,

F G           G7                              Em                 G

       but I wandered through my playing cards,

C          Em                    Am  C  F            Am                 Dm

    and would not let her be,         one of sixteen vestal virgins,

F  G                  G7                    Em      G

        who were leaving for the coast.

C              Em                             Am      C  F

    And although my eyes were open,

                      Am                            Dm     

    they might just have well been closed.

 

+ CHORUS + instr.: C Em Am C F Am Dm F      

 

 G G7 Em G C F G    + CHORUS   + F  C        

 

    (Procul Harum)

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