VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by EchoElysium
To learn Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale chords with lyrics, anchor your practice on these foundational chords: Em, Am, C, F, Am, Em, G, C. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 37 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 74. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C.
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Em We _
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Dm _ _ _ .
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Em skipped the
Am light
C fandango, _
F _
Am the turn's
Dm cartwheels crossed the
F floor, _
G _
B I was feeling.
Em kind of
G seasick.
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C _
Em The crowd
Am called out for
C more, _
F _ _
Am the room was
Dm humming harder
F.
as
G _ _
B the ceiling
Em flew away.
G _ .
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C _
Em When we called out
Am _
C the train, _
F _
Am the waiter
Dm brought a tray,
G.
C and so it _
Em was
Am that later,
C _ .
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F _
Am as the miller.
Dm told his tale,
F _ .
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G _ let her face at
Em first just go
G asleep,
C turn the
F water
C shade off
G there.
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C _
Em She said there
Am is no
C reason, _
F _
Am and the truth is
Dm plain to see,
F _ .
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G _
B but I wandered
Em through my.
playing
G cards, _
C _
Em would not
Am let her be,
C _ .
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F _
Am one of sixteen
Dm Vestal
F Virgins, _
G _
B who were leaving
Em for the coast.
As the
G _ .
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C _ _
Em _ _
Am eyes were
C.
open,
F _
Am they might just as
Dm well have been closed.
G.
And
C so it was _
Em _ _
Am _ _
C.
later,
F that
Am the miller
Dm told his tale,
F _ .
C _
G _ _
B that her face
Em at first just go
G sleep,.
_
C turn the
F water
C shade off
G there.
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Am _ _
C _ .
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Dm _ _ _ .
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