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A whiter shade of pale Chords

Music by: Procol Harum · 1967
Genre Rock Tone C major BPM 75 Views 1570
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[Intro 1]
[C][G][Am][G]
[F][Em][Dm][C]
[G][F][Em][Em]
[C][F][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]We ski[G]pped the light fandan[Am]go[G]
[F]Turned[Em] cartwheels 'cross the[Dm] floo[C]r
[G]I was fee[F]ling kinda sea[Em]sick[Em]
[C]But the cro[G]wd called out[Am] for mor[G]e
[F]The roo[Em]m was humming har[Dm]der[C]
[G]As the cei[F]ling flew awa[Em]y[Em]
[C]When we cal[G]led out for ano[Am]ther dri[G]nk
[F]The wai[Em]ter brought a tra[Dm]y
[G]And so it

[Chorus 1]
[C]was [G]that lat[Am]er[G]
[F]As the mil[Em]ler told his tal[Dm]e[C]
[G]That her[F] face, at first jus[Em]t gho[Em]stly
[C]Turned a [F]whiter shade [C]of [G]pale

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][Am][G]
[F][Em][Dm][C]
[G][F][Em][Em]
[C][F][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]She[G] said "there is no rea[Am]son"[G]
[F]And the tru[Em]th is plain to see[Dm][C]
[G]But I wan[F]dered
through my [Em]playing [Em]cards
[C]And would not[G] let her be[Am][G]
[F]One of six[Em]teen vestal vir[Dm]gins[C]
[G]Who were lea[F]ving for the coa[Em]st[Em]
[C]And althou[G]gh my eye[Am]s were ope[G]n
[F]They might have jus[Em]t
as well've been [Dm]closed
[G]And so it

[Chorus 2]
[C]was [G]that lat[Am]er[G]
[F]As the mil[Em]ler told his tal[Dm]e[C]
[G]That her[F] face, at first jus[Em]t gho[Em]stly
[C]Turned a [F]whiter shade [C]of [G]pale

[Outro 1]
[C][G][Am][G]
[F][Em][Dm][C]
[G][F][Em][Em]
[C][F][G]
And so it [C]was [G]that lat[Am]er[G]
[Fade out]
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