A whiter shade of pale

Intro: C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm Dm/C
G G/F Em G⁷/D C F G

We skipped the light C C/B

fandango Am C/G

Turned cartwheels F F/E

‘cross the floor Dm Dm/C

I was feeling G G/F

kinda seasick Em G⁷/D

But the crowd C C/B (gce)

called out for more Am C/G

The room was F F/E

humming harder Dm Dm/C

As the ceiling G G/F

flew away Em G⁷/D

When we called out C C/B

for another drink Am C/G

The waiter F F/E

brought a tray Dm

 

 

Refr: And so it was C6 C C/B

that later Am C/G

As the miller F F/E

told his tale Dm Dm/C

That her face, G G/F

at first just ghostly, Em G⁷/D

Turned a whiter C F

shade of pale C G⁷

Mellan: C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm Dm/C
G G/F Em G⁷/D C F G

 

She said, ‘ C C/B

There is no reason Am C/G

And the truth F F/E

is plain to see.’ Dm Dm/C

But I wandered through G G/F

my playing cards Em G⁷/D

And would not C C/B (gce)

let her be Am C/G

one of sixteen F F/E

vestal virgins Dm Dm/C

Who were leaving G G/F

for the coast Em G⁷/D

And although my eyes C C/B

were open Am C/G (dea gecd)

They might have just as F F/E

well’ve been closed Dm

 

Refr: And so it was…