A Whiter Shade Of Pale Cifras

Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale    1967
 
                             You Tube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA
   [Intro]
C   Em   Am   C
F   Am   Dm   F
G   G7   Em7  G7
C   F    C    G
 
 
   [Verse 1]
C  Em                    Am   C
We skipped the light fandango
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Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
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I was feeling kinda seasick
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But the crowd called out for more
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The room was humming harder
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As the ceiling flew away
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When we called out for another drink
F   Am               Dm  G
The waiter brought a tray
 
 
   [Chorus]
          C  Em    Am   C
And so it was that later
F      Am              Dm   F
As the miller told his tale
G        G7                  Em7    G7
That her face, at first just ghostly
         C      F        C    G7
Turned a whiter shade of pale
 
 
   [Instrumental]
C   Em   Am   C
F   Am   Dm   F
G   G7   Em7  G7
C   F    C    G
 
 
   [Verse 2]
C   Em                Am    C
She said, there is no reason
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And the truth is plain to see'
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But I wandered through my playing cards
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And would not let her be
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One of sixteen vestal virgins
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Who were leaving for the coast
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And although my eyes were open
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They might have just as well've been closed
 
 
   [Chorus]
          C  Em    Am   C
And so it was that later
F      Am              Dm   F
As the miller told his tale
G        G7                  Em7    G7
That her face, at first just ghostly
         C      F        C    G7
Turned a whiter shade of pale
 
 
   [Instrumental]
C  Em  Am  C
F  Am  Dm  F
G  G7  Em7 G7
C  F   C   G7
 
   [Outro]
          C  Em    Am   C
And so it was that later
F      Am              Dm   F
As the miller told his tale
G        G7                  Em7    G7
That her face, at first just ghostly
         C      F        C    G7
Turned a whiter shade of pale
 
 
Mark W
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