Whiter Shade Of Pale

Black Label Society

Tom: C


Intro: 
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Verse: 

          We skipped the light fandango 
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           Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor 
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           I was feeling kind of seasick 
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           The crowd called out for more 
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           And the room was hummin' harder 
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           As the ceiling flew away 
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          We called outfor another drink 
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          But the waiter brought a tray, and so it 
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Chorus: 
was         that          later                            As the miller  

told his tale 
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         That her face was kinda ghostly       turned   a whiter    shade   

of     pale 
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Intro 
 
2nd Verse: 
She said: "There is no reason, 
And the truth is plain to see." 
But I wander through my playin' cards 
Would not let her be 
One of the sixteen vestal virgins 
Who were leaving for the coast 
And although my eyes were open 
They might just as well been closed 
 
Chorus 
 
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