A Whiter Shade of Pale
Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)

Intro:
|C  C/B |Am Am/G |F  F/E |Dm Dm/C |G  G/E |Em  G7 |C  F  |G   F G7|

C      C/B                  Am    Am/G
   We  skipped the light fandango
F            F/E                   Dm    Dm/C
  And turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
G       G/E             Em      G7
  I was feeling kind of seasick
C         C/B                  Am   Am/G
  But the crowd called out for more
F     F/E              Dm     Dm/C
  The room was humming harder
G        G/E            Em  G7
  As the ceiling flew away
C         C/B              Am      Am/G
  When we called out for another drink
F     F/E              Dm   
  The waiter brought a tray

|G7        C    C/B      Am   Am/G
|And so it wa - as  that la - a - ter
|F        F/E             Dm   Dm/C
|  As the miller told his tale
|G          G/E                Em      G7
|  That her face at first just ghostly
|         C      F          C    G7
|Turned a whiter   shade of pale


Break (verse chords; G7)

C     C/B                Am     Am/G
  She said, "There is no reason
F         F/E               Dm   Dm/C
  And the truth is plain to see"
G       G/E                 Em            G7
  But I wandered through my playing cards
C     C/B               Am  Am/G
  And would not let her be
F        F/E            Dm      Dm/C
  One of sixteen vestal virgins
G          G/E             Em    G7
  Who were leaving for the coast
C       C/B                 Am  Am/G
  And although my eyes were o - pen
F            F/E                    Dm   
  They might just as well have been closed


Refrain

Break (verse chords; G7  C)