A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzRRwfOXus

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(1st two lines

           
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   G7    Em,  

           
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Em        Am  

          
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Em.....

(Verse 1):
           
We skipped the

            
 light fandang

            
o,   turned ca

            
rtwheels 'cros

             
s the floor, 
             
I was feeling 

          
kind of seasic

           
k,     but the

            
 crowd called 

            
out for more. 
            
The room was h

           
umming harder,

          
    as the cei

           
ling flew away

    
, 
           
When we called

            
 out, for an –

          
 other drink, 

          
   the waiter 

           
brought a tray

   
. 

(Chorus):
        
And so it wa -

          
 as    that  l

             
ater,    as th

           
e miller told 

           
his tale, 
             
That her face 

            
at first just 

          
ghostly,     t

             
urned a whiter

           
     shade of 

        
 pa - ale. 

(Interlude):      (Play Intro): 

(Verse 2):
            
She said there

           
 is no reason,

           
    and the tr

            
uth is plain t

         
o see…ee 
          
But I wandered

            
  through my p

          
laying  cards,

          
     and would

          
 not let her b

     
e; 
            
One of sixteen

         
 vestal vir-gi

         
ns,       who 

            
were  leaving 

          
for the co-ast

    
, 
          
And although m

           
y eyes were o-

           
pen,    they m

            
ight just as w

             
e-ll have been

         
 closed. 
    
(Chorus):
       
And so it wa-a

           
s,   that  lat

             
er,    as the 

           
miller told hi

         
s tale, 
             
That her face 

            
at first just 

         
ghostly,     t

            
urned a whiter

           
      shade of

            
  pa - ale.

(Verse 3):
            
She said, 'I'm

           
 home on shore

            
 leave,     th

             
ough in truth 

           
we were at se-

       
ea,
          
So I took her 

         
by the looking

          
  glass,     a

           
nd forced her 

          
 to  agree.
            
Saying, 'You  

           
must be the me

         
rmaid,        

          
who took Neptu

            
ne for a ri - 

       
de,
          
But she smiled

           
 at me so sad-

           
ly,     that m

            
y anger straig

               
htway died.
 
(Chorus):
        
And so it wa -

           
 as      that 

            
later,     as 

           
the miller tol

             
d his tale, 
             
That her face 

            
at first just 

          
ghostly,     t

             
urned a whiter

           
      shade of

        
 pa - ale. 

(Verse 4):
            
If music be th

           
e food of love

           
,     and laug

           
hter is its  q

         
ue..en,
          
And likewise i

          
f behind is in

         
   front,    t

          
hen dirt in tr

              
uth is clean.
          
My mouth by th

           
en like cardbo

         
ard,        se

            
emed to slip s

            
traight throug

            
h my head,
          
So we crash-di

           
ved straightwa

           
y quickly,    

            
  and attacked

           
 the ocean bed

      
.  

(Chorus):
        
And so it wa -

          
  as        th

            
at later,     

            
as the miller 

          
told his tale,

     
 
             
That her face 

            
at first just 

          
ghostly,    tu

             
rned a whiter 

           
      shade of

         
  pa - ale. 

(Interlude):     (Play Intro):          
                
(Chorus):
        
And so it wa -

          
  as      that

            
  later,     a

           
s the miller t

               
old his tale, 
             
That her face 

            
at first just 

          
ghostly,    tu

             
rned a whiter 

           
      shade of

         
  pa - ale. 


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