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Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

Vox on the 3 on “skipped”

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
We ski	pped the light fa	ndango

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
Turned	cartwheels ‘cross the	floor

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
I was fe	eling kinda s	easick

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
But the c	rowd called ou	t for more

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “room”

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
The room	was humming	harder

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
As the c	eiling flew a	way

Vox up to to 5 6 on “called out”

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
When we cal	led out for ano	ther dr	ink

C	C/B	Am
The wait	er brought a	tray

Vox on 3 3 5 6 on “and so it was”

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
She sa	id there is no	reason

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
And the t	ruth is plain to	see

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
But I wa	ndered through my p	laying cards

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Would no	t let her	be

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
One of s	ixteen vestal	virgins

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
Who were	leaving for the	coast

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And although	my eyes were	open

C	C/B	Am
They might	just as well been	closed

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

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