A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Annie Lennox
RockMedium for beginners10 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C
BDiagram coming soon
Am
G
F
E
Dm
Em7
D
A
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Introd: C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G/B G/F Em7 G/D C F G F/A G/B C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm F/C G We skipped the light Fandango. Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor G/F Em7 G/D C C/D Am C/G F I was feeling kind of seasick. But the crowd called out for more F/E Dm F/C G G/F Em7 G/D C The room was humming harder. As the ceiling flew away C/B Am F/C F F/E Dm When we called out for another drink. The waiter brought a tray G C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm F/C G And so it was that later. As the Miller told his tale G/F Em7 G/D C F C G That her face, at first just ghostly. Turned a whiter shade of pale Organ solo: C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G/B G/F Em7 G/D C F G F/A G/B C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm F/C G She said there is no reason and the truth is plain to see G/F Em7 G/D C C/B Am C/G F But I wandered through my playing cards and would not let her be F/E Dm F/C G G/F Em7 G/D C One of sixteen vestal virgins, who were leaving for the coast C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm And although my eyes were open, they might just as well've been closed G C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm F/C G And so it was that later, as the Miller told his tale G/F Em7 G/D C F C G That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G/B G/F Em7 G/D C F G F/A G/B
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Chord set
C · B · Am · G · F · E · Dm · Em7 · D · A
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.