A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Procol Harum

Words by Keith Reid, Music by Gary Brooker

[Intro]

C		C/B		Am		Am/G		F		F/E

Dm		Dm/C		G		G/F		Em		G7/D

C		F		G

Verse-1:

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
We sk	ipped the light fa	ndango

F	F/E	Dm		Dm/C
turne	d cartwheels ’cross the	floor

G	G/F	Em	G7/D
I was fe	eling kinda s	easick

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
but the c	rowd called out	for more

F	F/E	Dm		Dm/C
The room	was humming	harder

G	G/F	Em	G7/D
as the c	eiling flew a	way

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
When we cal	led out for anot	her dri	nk

F	F/E	Dm
the wait	er brought a	tray

Chorus

G	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
And so it w	as,	___ that lat	er,___	_

F	F/E	Dm		Dm/C
as the m	iller told his t	ale

G	G/F	Em	G7/D
that	her face, at first j	ust ghostly,

	C	F	C	G7
turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

[Instrumental]

C		C/B		Am		Am/G		F		F/E

Dm		Dm/C		G		G/F		Em		G7/D

C		F		G

Verse-2:

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

Chorus

G	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
And so it w	as,	___ that lat	er,___	_

F	F/E	Dm		Dm/C
as the m	iller told his t	ale

G	G/F	Em	G7/D
that	her face, at first j	ust ghostly,

	C	F	C	G7
turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

[Instrumental]

C		C/B		Am		Am/G		F		F/E

Dm		Dm/C		G		G/F		Em		G7/D

C		F		G

Chorus

G	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
And so it w	as,	___ that lat	er,___	_

F	F/E	Dm		Dm/C
as the m	iller told his t	ale

G	G/F	Em	G7/D
that	her face, at first j	ust ghostly,

	C	F	C	G7
turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale