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We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
And the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, "There is no reason
And the truth is plain to see."
But I wandered through my playing cards
And they would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open wide
They might have just as well been closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, "I'm here on a shore leave,"
Though we were miles at sea.
I pointed out this detail
And forced her to agree,
Saying, "You must be the mermaid
Who took King Neptune for a ride."
And she smiled at me so sweetly
That my anger straightway died.
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
If music be the food of love
Then laughter is it's queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
                         A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
               Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (Procul Harum)
                               (C) 1967
Intro: (all notes in first position)
C        Am       F        Dm       G        Em  G7   C   F    G   F G7
--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|------01|--------|0-----13|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|2-------|--------|0-------|0-0-----|--------|--------|
2-------|20---02-|3-------|323---0-|0-------|-3---323|320--023|--023230|
3-------|3-323--3|3-------|--------|--------|--------|---33---|23------|
3-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
C                         Am
   We skipped the light fandango    -
From uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!polaris!jriitala Sat Jul 18 13:22:30 PDT 1992
Article: 856 of alt.guitar.tab
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Path: nevada.edu!uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!polaris!jriitala
Subject: Re: music : whiter shade of pale
Message-ID: 
Keywords: procal harum
Reply-To: jriitala@polaris.utu.fi
Organization: University of Turku
References: 
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 92 10:40:29 GMT
Lines: 35
macon@gallifry.Berkeley.EDU (Glen Macon) writes:
>Title: WHITER SHADE OF PALE (Procal Harum)
Some corrections to the chords. I'm writing this from my head so these may be
a bit off, too, but certainly closer. My chart says it's in C but I think I 
never did actually check it, so I'll stay in G.
> G  F#               Em        D
                G  D/F#                Em     Em7/D
> We skipped the last fandango
> C      Bm                     Am     G
                C      G/B                    Am     Am7/G
> Turned cart-wheels `cross the floor
> D     C               Bm      Am
                D     D7/C            Bm7     D7/A
> I was feeling kind of sea-sick
and so on
> D         G    F#      Em       D
                D13       G    D/F#    Em      Em7/D
> CHORUS: And so we watched, and later
as in the verse except for the ending which was OK:
>        G      C        G     D
> Turn a whiter shade of pale
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