A whiter shade of pale

 

 

Intro. |G Bm/F# |Em G/D |C Em/B |Am7 Am7/C
|D D7/C |Bm D7/A |G C |D D C/E D7/F#

 

|G Bm/F# |Em G/D |C Em/B |Am7 Am7/C

1. We skipped the light fandango and turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor.
|D D7/C |Bm D7/A |G Bm/F# |Em G/D
I was feeling kind of sea sick but the crowd called out for more.
|C Em/B |Am7 Am7/C |D D7/C |Bm D7/A
The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away.
|G Bm/F# |Em G/D |C Em/B |Am7 D7/F#
When we called out for another drink the waiter brought a tray.

 

Refr. And so it was that later as the miller told his tale
|D D7/C |Bm D7/A |G C |G D7
that her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale.

 

|G Bm/F# |Em G/D |C Em/B |Am7 Am7/C

2. She said ”There is no reason, and the truth is plain to see”
|D D7/C |Bm D7/A |G Bm/F# |Em G/D
but I wandered through my playing cards and would not let her be.
|C Em/B |Am7 Am7/C |D D7/C |Bm D7/A
One of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast
|G Bm/F# |Em G/D |C Em/B |Am7 D7/F#
and although my eyes were open they might just have well been closed.

 

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