PROCOL HARUM - "whiter shade of pale" Tablature

From: yjohn@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (John Ross)


A WHITER SHADE OF PALE

Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (Procul Harum)
(C) 1967

Intro: (all notes in first position)

C Am F Dm G Em G7 C F G F G7
--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|------01|--------|0-----13|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|2-------|--------|0-------|0-0-----|--------|--------|
2-------|20---02-|3-------|323---0-|0-------|-3---323|320--023|--023230|
3-------|3-323--3|3-------|--------|--------|--------|---33---|23------|
3-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

C Am
We skipped the light fandango <--- verse I
She said "There is no reason, <--- verse II

F Dm
And turned cartwheels across the floor
And the truth is plain to see,"

G Em G7
I was feeling kind of seasick
But I wandered through my playing cards

C Am Em
But the crowd called out for more
And would not let her be

F Dm
The room was humming harder
One of sixteen vestal virgins

G Em G7
As the ceiling flew a- way
Who were leaving for the coast

C Am Em
When we called out for a- nother drink
And although my eyes were o- pen

F Dm
The waiter brought a tray
They might just as well have been closed


Chorus

G13 C6 Cmaj7 Am C
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 C (second time)
Turned a whiter shade of pale

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From uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!polaris!jriitala Sat Jul 18 13:22:30 PDT 1992
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From: jriitala@polaris.utu.fi (Jari Riitala)
Subject: Re: music : whiter shade of pale
Message-ID: <1992Jul18.104029.8844@polaris.utu.fi>
Keywords: procal harum
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macon@gallifry.Berkeley.EDU (Glen Macon) writes:
>Title: WHITER SHADE OF PALE (Procal Harum)

Some corrections to the chords. I'm writing this from my head so these may be
a bit off, too, but certainly closer. My chart says it's in C but I think I
never did actually check it, so I'll stay in G.

> G F# Em D
G D/F# Em Em7/D
> We skipped the last fandango
> C Bm Am G
C G/B Am Am7/G
> Turned cart-wheels `cross the floor
> D C Bm Am
D D7/C Bm7 D7/A
> I was feeling kind of sea-sick

and so on

> D G F# Em D
D13 G D/F# Em Em7/D
> CHORUS: And so we watched, and later
as in the verse except for the ending which was OK:
> G C G D
> Turn a whiter shade of pale

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