Whiter Shade Of Pale

Procol Harum

Compositor: Keith Reid and Gary Brooker

Tom: C

(intro)


  C        Am       F        Dm       G        Em  G7   C   F    G   F G7
--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|------01|--------|0-----13|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|2-------|--------|0-------|0-0-----|--------|--------|
2-------|20---02-|3-------|323---0-|0-------|-3---323|320--023|--023230|
3-------|3-323--3|3-------|--------|--------|--------|---33---|32------|
3-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


C    C/B              Am    Am/G
We skipped the light fandango    (parte 1)
She said "There is no  reason,   (parte 2)

F      F/E                   Dm     Dm/C
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
And the truth is plain to        see,"

G     G/F                 Em    G/D
I was feeling kind of    seasick
But I wandered through my playing cards

C  C/B               Am   Am/G
But the crowd called out for more
And would not let her        be

F    F/E              Dm    Dm/C
The room was humming  harder
One of sixteen vestal virgins

G       G/F         Em   G/D
As the ceiling flew away
Who were leaving for the coast

C    C/B               Am      Am/G
When we called out for another drink
And although my eyes were open

F   F/E                           Dm
The waiter brought a              tray
They might just as well've been closed

(chorus)

G7        C  C/B         Am   Am/G
And so it was      that  later
  F      F/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    G  G/F
Turned a whiter   shade of pale