A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Pholhas

Compositor: G. Brooker/K. Reid

Tom: C

    INTRO:  C  Em/B : Am  C/G : F  Am/E : Dm  Dm/C : G  G/F : Em  G/D : C  F  : G  F/A G/B :

 C      Em/B                   Am    C/G :
    We skipped the light    Fandango
 F         Am/E                     Dm    Dm/C :
    Turned cartwheels    'cross the floor,
 G        G/F             Em      G/D :
    I was feeling kind of seasick
 C      Em/B                 Am   C/G :
    The crowd called out for more
 F      Am/E             Dm     Dm/C :
    The room was humming harder
 G         G/F              Em   G/D :
    As the ceiling    flew away
 C          Em/B           Am            C/G :
    When we called out for another drink
 F      Am/E             Dm
    The waiter brought a tray._____

 G7           C   Em/B  Am          C/G :
    And so it was______ that later____
 F         Am/E            Dm   Dm/C :
    As the Miller told his tale
 G           G/F                 Em      G/D :
    That her face, at first just ghostly,
             C      F           C     G4/7 G7 :
    Turned a whiter    shade of pale.


    INTRO: : C  Em/B : Am  C/G : F  Am/E : Dm  Dm/C : G  G/F : Em  G/D : C  F : G  F/A G/B :

  C     Em/B              Am     C/G :
    She said, there is no reason
  F         Am/E              Dm  Dm/C :
    And the truth is plain to see,
  G        G/F                    Em            G/D :
    That I wandered    through my playing cards
  C       Em/B        Am  C/G :
    Would not let her be
  F        Am/E              Dm      Dm/C :
    One of sixteen    vestal virgins
  G          G/F                Em    G/D :
    Who were leaving    for the coast
  C       Em/B      Am             C/G :
    And although my eyes were open
  F            Am/E            Dm
    They might just as well be closed

  G7          C   Em/B  Am         C/G :
    And so it was______ that later____
  F        Am/E            Dm   Dm/C :
    As the Miller told his tale
  G          G/F                 Em       G/D :
    That her face, at first just ghostly,
             C      F           C     G4/7 G7 :
    Turned a whiter    shade of pale


    INTRO: : C  Em/B : Am  C/G : F  Am/E : Dm  Dm/C : G  G/F : Em  G/D : C  F : G  F/A G/B :

              C   Em/B  Am          C/G :              \
    And so it was______ that later____                 :    
  F        Am/E            Dm   Dm/C :                 :
    As the Miller told his tale                        \    FADE OUT.
  G          G/F                 Em      G/D           /
    That her face, at first just ghostly,              :
             C      F           C     G4/7 G7          :
    Turned a whiter    shade of pale.                  /