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A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (Procul Harum)
Intro: (all notes in first position)
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medicinebass (report)
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.
Repeat Refrain, then:
Instrumental, as per Verse, then repeat Refrain.
Verses 1 & 2 are the most popular, hence; I haven't written out Verses 3 & 4
Corrections by medicinebass