500 Greatest Songs of All Time

A Whiter Shade of Pale

C  C/B | Am  Am/G | F  F/E | Dm  Dm/C
G  G/F | Em  Em/D | C  F | G  F  G

C    C/B                Am    Am/G
We skipped the light fandango
F       F/E                    Dm  Dm/C
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
G      G/F           Em     Em/D
I was feeling kinda 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   Em/D
As the ceiling flew away
C        C/B            Am       Am/G
When we called out for another drink
F     F/E             Dm
The waiter brought a tray

    G7          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     Em/D
    That her face, at first just ghostly,
               C      F       C    G6add11  G6
    Turned a whiter shade of pale
 
C  C/B | Am  Am/G | F  F/E | Dm  Dm/C
G  G/F | Em  Em/D | C  F | G  F  G

C    C/B              Am    Am/G
She said there is no reason
F         F/E              Dm  Dm/C
And the truth is plain to see
G     G/F                   Em       Em/D
But I wandered through my playing cards
C      C/B      Am   Am/G
Would not let her be
F       F/E            Dm     Dm/C
One of sixteen vestal virgins
G         G/F             Em   Em/D
Who were leaving for the coast
C   C/B                   Am   Am/G
And although my eyes were open
F           F/E                Dm
They might just as well been closed

    G7          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     Em/D
    That her face, at first just ghostly,
               C      F       C    G6add11  G6
    Turned a whiter shade of pale

C  C/B | Am  Am/G | F  F/E | Dm  Dm/C
G  G/F | Em  Em/D | C  F | G  F  G

    G7          C  C/B      Am    Am/G
    And so it was,   that later,
    F       F/E             Dm  Dm/C
    As the miller told his tale