A WHITER SHADE OF PALE  (Procul Harem)
 
 
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 We skipped the light fandango,     turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
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 I was feeling kind of seasick      The crowd called out for more
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 The room was humming harder        As the ceiling flew away
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 When we called out for another drink   the waiter brought a tray


G           C6  C/B      Am    Am/G F        F/E             Dm7  Dm7/C  
 And so it was      that later        as the miller told his tale
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 That her face at first just ghostly
          C     F          C
turned a whiter  shade of pale



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 She said "I'm  home on shore leave"      though in truth we were at sea
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 So I took her by the looking glass    And force her to agree
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 saying "You must be the mermaid        who took Neptune for a ride
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 But she smiled at me so sadly     that my anger straightway died


G           C6  C/B      Am    Am/G F        F/E             Dm7  Dm7/C  
 And so it was      that later        as the miller told his tale
G         G/F                 Em     G7          
 That her face at first just ghostly
          C     F          C
turned a whiter  shade of pale


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 She said, "There is no reason,       and the truth is plain to see"
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 But I wandered through my playing cards    And would not let her be
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 One of sixteen vestal virgins        who were leaving for the coast
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 and although my eyes were open     they might just as well been closed


G           C6  C/B      Am    Am/G F        F/E             Dm7  Dm7/C  
 And so it was      that later        as the miller told his tale
G         G/F                 Em     G7          
 That her face at first just ghostly
          C     F          C
turned a whiter  shade of pale


C   C/B   Am7   Am7/G   F   F/E   Dm   Dm/C
 
G   G/F   Em   G7   C   F   G   F   G7