A Whiter Shade of Pale
Procol Harum 

C C/B Am G   F Em Dm C
   G F Em Dm   C F C/G G7
            C      C/B                              Am      G
                We skipped the light fandango
             F             Em                             Dm     C
                Turned cartwheels cross the floor
            G           F                    Em       Dm
                I was feeling kinda seasick

                The crowd called out for more
                The room was humming harder
                As the ceiling flew away

                When we called out for another drink
            F        Em                        Dm
                The waiter brought a tray

                              G                C C/B     Am     G
                                  And so it was that later
                               F           Em                   Dm    C
                                  As the miller told his tale
                              G                 F                         Em       Dm
                                  That her face, at first just ghostly
                                                  C       F               C/G  G7
                                  Turned a whiter shade of pale
                                           *Interlude*    (chorus)

                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

                                  And so it was that later
                                  As the miller told his tale
                                  That her face, at first just ghostly
                                  Turned a whiter shade of pale
                                           *Interlude*    (chorus)

                                  And so it was that later...
      


  Copyright 1967
  By Gary Brooker & Keith Reid
  Procol Harum





   Chords:
          C C/B Am G  F  Em Dm C/G G7
      e |-0--0--0--3--1--0--1---0--3--
      B |-1--1--1--0--1--0--3---1--0--
      G |-0--0--2--0--2--0--2---0--0--
      D |-2--0--2--0--3--2--0---2--3--
      A |-3--2--0--2--3--2--0---3--2--
      E |----------3--1--0------3--3--







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