Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale Chords & Tabs

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/procol_harum/whiter_shade_of_pale_crd_ver_2.html ]
G                             Em
  That her face at first just ghostly

G7         C      F          C     G7  C (second time)
  Turned a whiter   shade of pale

--
                               -<*>-


From uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!polaris!jriitala Sat Jul 18 13:22:30 PDT 1992
Article: 856 of alt.guitar.tab
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Path: nevada.edu!uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!polaris!jriitala
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
Reply-To: jriitala@polaris.utu.fi
Organization: University of Turku
References: <33088@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 92 10:40:29 GMT
Lines: 35

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

--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!       Jari Riitala	    !  	  Kuusiharjunkatu 34        !                !
! 	    	 	    !	  20660 Littoinen           !    100 100 1   !
!      jriitala@utu.fi      !	  Finland                   !                !
!   JRIITALA@KONTU.UTU.FI   !  	                            !  - Neil Peart  !
!     riitala@hcc.utu.fi    !     phone: +358 21 442 371    !                !
------------------------------------------------------------------------------