{"id":11245,"date":"2022-06-24T03:24:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T03:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11245"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:42:35","slug":"whiter-shade-of-pale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/whiter-shade-of-pale\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiter Shade of Pale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\n\r\nA Whiter Shade of Pale: Procol Harum\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Intro] - - - <\/span>C<\/span> Em<\/span> Am<\/span> C<\/span> - - <\/span>F<\/span> Am<\/span> Dm<\/span> F<\/span> \r\n- - - <\/span>G<\/span> Em<\/span> G<\/span> - - - <\/span>C<\/span> F<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>     Em<\/span>            Am<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>We skipped the light fandango\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>       Am<\/span>                    Dm<\/span>     F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>             Em<\/span>          G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I was feeling kind of seasick\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>           Em<\/span>               Am<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But the crowd called out for more\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>     Am<\/span>                Dm<\/span>       F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>The room was humming harder\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>              Em<\/span>       G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As the ceiling flew away\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>                   Em<\/span>           Am<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When we called out for another drink\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>       Am<\/span>            Dm<\/span>      F<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>The waiter brought a tray\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Refrain]\r\n<\/span>           C<\/span>    Em<\/span> Am<\/span>    C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And so it was that later\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>         Am<\/span>                Dm<\/span>      F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As the miller told his tale\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>          Em<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>That her face at first just ghostly\r\n<\/span><\/span>          C<\/span>      F<\/span>         C<\/span>      G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Turned a whiter shade of pale\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Intro Chords] - - - <\/span>C<\/span> Em<\/span> Am<\/span> C \r\n- - - <\/span><\/span>F<\/span> Am<\/span> Dm<\/span> F<\/span> <\/span>- - - G<\/span> Em<\/span> G<\/span> - - - <\/span>C<\/span> F<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>     Em<\/span>                Am<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>She said there is no reason\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>           Am<\/span>                   Dm<\/span>      F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And the truth is plain to see......\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>      Em<\/span>                 G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But I wandered through my playing cards\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>       Em<\/span>          Am<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And would not let her be\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>        Am<\/span>                 Dm<\/span>        F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>One of sixteen vestal virgins\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>            Em<\/span>        G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Who were leaving for the coast\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>          Em<\/span>              Am<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And although my eyes were open\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>     Am<\/span>                     Dm<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>They might just as well been closed\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Refrain]\r\n<\/span>           C<\/span>    Em<\/span> Am<\/span>    C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And so it was that later\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>         Am<\/span>            Dm<\/span>      F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As the miller told his tale\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>          Em<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>That her face at first just ghostly\r\n<\/span><\/span>            C<\/span>      F<\/span>      C<\/span>      G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Turned a whiter shade of pale\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Outro] - - -<\/span> - - C<\/span> Em<\/span> Am<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n<\/span> - - - F<\/span> Am<\/span> Dm<\/span> F <\/span>-<\/span> - - G<\/span> Em<\/span> G<\/span>  - - - <\/span>C<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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SHEET MUSIC A Whiter Shade of Pale: Procol Harum [Intro] – – – C Em Am C – – F Am Dm F – – – G Em G – – – C F G [Verse 1] C Em Am C We skipped the light fandango F Am Dm F … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWhiter Shade of Pale<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117,131,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-power-outage","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27830,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11245\/revisions\/27830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}