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This version includes verses 3&4 which were only performed in live shows.

Verses 3&4 were cut from the original recording so as to fit the song one side of a 45rpm.

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	C	Am
	We skipped the light fan-	dango

	F	Dm
	and turned cartwheels across the	floor

	G	Em	G7
	I was feeling kind of	seasick

	C	Am	Em
	but the crowd called out for	more.

	F	Dm
	The room was humming	harder

	G	Em	G7
	as the ceiling flew a-	way . .

	C	Am	Em
	When we called out for a-	nother drink

	F	Dm
	the waiter brought a	tray

	G	C	Am
	And so it	was that	later

	F	Dm
	as the miller told his	tale

	G	Em
	that her face at first just	ghostly

	G7	C	F	C	G7
	turned a	whiter	shade of	pale.

	C	Am
	She said, 'There is no	reason,

	F	Dm
	and the truth is plain to	see.'

	G7	Em	G7
	But I wandered through my	playing cards

	C	Am	Em
	and would not let her	be . .

	F	Dm
	One of sixteen vestal	virgins

	G7	Em	G7
	who were leaving for the	coast

	C	Am	Em
	and although my eyes were	open

	F	Dm
	they might just as well have been	closed

	G	C	Am
	And so it	was that	later

	F	Dm
	as the miller told his	tale

	G	Em
	that her face at first just	ghostly

	G7	C	F	C	G7
	turned a	whiter	shade of	pale.

	C	Am
	She said, 'I'm home on	shore leave,'

	F	Dm
	though in truth we were at	sea

	G7	Em	G7
	so I took her by the	looking glass

	C	Am	Em
	and forced her to a-	gree.

	F	Dm
	Saying, 'You must be the	mermaid

	G7	Em	G7
	who took Neptuen for a	ride.'

	C	Am	Em
	But she smiled at me so	sadly

	F	Dm
	that my anger straightway	died.

	G	C	Am
	And so it	was that	later

	F	Dm
	as the miller told his	tale

	G	Em
	that her face at first just	ghostly

	G7	C	F	C	G7
	turned a	whiter	shade of	pale.

	C	Am
	If music be the	food of love

	F	Dm
	then laughter is its	queen

	G7	Em	G7
	and likewise if be-	hind is in front

	C	Am	Em
	then dirt in truth is	clean.

	F	Dm
	My mouth by then like	cardboard

	G7	Em	G7
	seemed to slip straight through my	head.

	C	Am	Em
	So we crash-dived straightway	quickly

	F	Dm
	and attacked the ocean	bed.

	G	C	Am
	And so it	was that	later

	F	Dm
	as the miller told his	tale

	G	Em
	that her face at first just	ghostly

	G7	C	F	C
	turned a	whiter	shade of	pale.

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Original version: A Whiter Shade of Pale Chords by Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (Procul Harum)

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         A Whiter Shade of Pale

Written by Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (Procul Harum)- 1967

Corrected by Brian Harding (medicinebass)

This version includes verses 3 & 4 which were only performed at live shows.

Verses 3 & 4 were cut from the original recording, so as to fit it on one side of a 45 rpm record.

The recurring Bass theme for this melody is loosely-based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s "Air on a G-string."



Key: C



  C    C/B                  Am   Am/G    

1. We skipped the light fandango,

  F       F/E                    Dm  Dm/C

   Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor.

  G       G/F             Em    G7       

   I was feeling kind of seasick,

  C         C/B                  Am  Am/G

   But, the crowd called out for more.  

   F            F/E      Dm   Dm/C     

   The room was humming harder,

   G      G/F            Em     G7

   As the ceiling flew away,

  C     C/B                 Am     Am/G 

   When we called out for another drink,

 F     F/E              Dm     G

  The waiter brought a tray.





Refrain:

    G         C  C/B      Am   Am/G  

   And so it was___ that later___ 

   F       F/E             Dm   Dm/C

   As the Miller told his tale,

   G        G/F                  Em    G7

   That her face, at first just ghostly,

              C         F       C   G7

   Turned a whiter___ shade of pale.





  C     C/B                Am   Am/G    

2.She said, 'There is no reason

  F        F/E               Dm   Dm/C

  And the truth is plain to see,

  G    G/F                   Em       G7

  But I wandered through my playing cards

   C    C/B              Am  Am/G  

   And would not let her be;

   F      F/E             Dm     Dm/C 

   One of sixteen vestal virgins

     G          G/F          Em    G7

   Who were leaving for the coast.

            C  C/B             Am   Am/G 

   And, although my eyes were open,___

  F    F/E                       Dm    G

   They might just as well been closed.



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Verses 1 & 2 are the most popular, hence; I haven't written out Verses 3 & 4



Corrections by medicinebass