Chords
A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Key: C

Introduction:  C   Em/B   Am   C/G   F   Am/E   Dm   Dm/C   G   G/F   Em   G/D   C   F   G   F/A   G/B  

difficulty
hard |||||
   C           Em/B                                     Am       C/G: 
        We skipped the light       Fandango
   F                 Am/E                                         Dm       Dm/C: 
        Turned cartwheels       'cross the floor,
   G               G/F                         Em           G/D: 
        I was feeling kind of seasick
   C           Em/B                                 Am     C/G: 
        The crowd called out for more
   F           Am/E                         Dm         Dm/C: 
        The room was humming harder
   G                 G/F                           Em     G/D: 
        As the ceiling       flew away
   C                   Em/B                     Am                       C/G: 
        When we called out for another drink
   F                 Am/E                       Dm     Dm/C: 
        As the Miller told his tale
   G                     G/F                                 Em           G/D: 
        That her face, at first just ghostly,
                           C           F                     C         G7(4)  G7: 
        Turned a whiter       shade of pale.

     C         Em/B                           Am         C/G: 
        She said, there is no reason
     F                 Am/E                           Dm   Dm/C: 
        And the truth is plain to see,
     G               G/F                                       Em                       G/D: 
        That I wandered       through my playing cards
     C             Em/B               Am   C/G: 
        Would not let her be
     F               Am/E                           Dm           Dm/C: 
        One of sixteen       vestal virgins
     G                   G/F                               Em       G/D: 
        Who were leaving       for the coast
     C             Em/B           Am                         C/G: 
        And although my eyes were open
     F                       Am/E                       Dm 
        They might just as well be closed
     F               Am/E                       Dm     Dm/C: 
        As the Miller told his tale
     G                   G/F                                 Em             G/D: 
        That her face, at first just ghostly,
                           C           F                     C         G7(4)  G7: 
        Turned a whiter       shade of pale

     F               Am/E                       Dm     Dm/C: 
        As the Miller told his tale                                               \       FADE OUT.
                           C           F                     C         G7(4)  G7 
        Turned a whiter       shade of pale.                                   /