A Whiter Shade Of Pale Chords by Halie Loren
Tempo:
144.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Dm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [Am]
[G] [C] [F]
[E] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[F] [Em]
[Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Em] [F] We [G]
[E] [C]
[Bm] skipped the [Am] life and [Gm] angle, [G]
[F] [Em] turn [C] cartwheels [Dm] across the floor.
[F]
[G] I was [F] feeling kind of [Em] seasick, [G]
[C] but the [F] crowd called [C] out the [C] Lord.
[F] And [Em] the room [G]
was [Dm] hollowing harder [Dm]
[G] as [F]
the ceiling [Em] flew [Dm] away.
[E] When [C] [Gbm] we caught [E] out [Am] for [G] another [Eb] [G] drink, [F] but [Em] the waiter brought a [Dm] tray.
[G]
And so [C] it was [B]
[E] [Am] later, [G]
[Gb] [C] as [Em] the man told [Dm] his tale,
[G] that her face at [Em] first just [Dm] ghostly.
[E] [C] Turned the wider [F]
shade [Em] of [G]
[C] pain.
[B]
[A] [G]
[F] [Em]
[D] [E]
[G] [F]
[E]
[G] [C] [F]
[C] [Am] [Eb]
[Ebm] [C] You [B]
said there is [Am] no [G] reason, [Cm] [F] no, [Em] and the truth is [Dm] plain to see.
[G] Yet [F] I wandered through my [Em] playing cards, [Dm]
[B] and I [C] would not, [F] and I [G] would not [G] let it [Gm] be.
[Bb] [F] [Em] I'm one of sixteen [Dm] Vesta virgins [Am]
[G] who [F] were leaving for [Em] the coast.
[Dm]
[C] And [B] although my [Em] eyes [Gm] were
[C] open, [F] they might, they [Em]
might just as well have [Dm] been [G] closed.
And [C] so it [B]
[E] was [A] later, [Gm]
[Bb] [F] as [Em] the man told [Dm] his tale,
[C] [G] that [F] her face at first [E] just ghostly.
[Dm]
[F] [C] Turned the wider [F]
shade [C] of [C] pain.
[F]
Oh, [Dm] it turned [C] the wider, [F]
wider [C] shade [F] of pain.
It [Cm] turned the wider [C] shade of pain.
Oh, it turned the wider, [F] wider, [Bb] wider [G] shade of pain.
[C] [Bb]
[C] [E] [C]
[G]
[C] [Cm] Wider, [F]
[C] wider [Dm] [F] shade of [C] pain.
[E] [F]
[Cm] Oh, it turned the [C] wider [F]
shade of pain.
[Fm] Turned [C] the wider [E] [F]
shade of pain.
[G] [C] [F]
[E] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[F] [Em]
[Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Em] [F] We [G]
[E] [C]
[Bm] skipped the [Am] life and [Gm] angle, [G]
[F] [Em] turn [C] cartwheels [Dm] across the floor.
[F]
[G] I was [F] feeling kind of [Em] seasick, [G]
[C] but the [F] crowd called [C] out the [C] Lord.
[F] And [Em] the room [G]
was [Dm] hollowing harder [Dm]
[G] as [F]
the ceiling [Em] flew [Dm] away.
[E] When [C] [Gbm] we caught [E] out [Am] for [G] another [Eb] [G] drink, [F] but [Em] the waiter brought a [Dm] tray.
[G]
And so [C] it was [B]
[E] [Am] later, [G]
[Gb] [C] as [Em] the man told [Dm] his tale,
[G] that her face at [Em] first just [Dm] ghostly.
[E] [C] Turned the wider [F]
shade [Em] of [G]
[C] pain.
[B]
[A] [G]
[F] [Em]
[D] [E]
[G] [F]
[E]
[G] [C] [F]
[C] [Am] [Eb]
[Ebm] [C] You [B]
said there is [Am] no [G] reason, [Cm] [F] no, [Em] and the truth is [Dm] plain to see.
[G] Yet [F] I wandered through my [Em] playing cards, [Dm]
[B] and I [C] would not, [F] and I [G] would not [G] let it [Gm] be.
[Bb] [F] [Em] I'm one of sixteen [Dm] Vesta virgins [Am]
[G] who [F] were leaving for [Em] the coast.
[Dm]
[C] And [B] although my [Em] eyes [Gm] were
[C] open, [F] they might, they [Em]
might just as well have [Dm] been [G] closed.
And [C] so it [B]
[E] was [A] later, [Gm]
[Bb] [F] as [Em] the man told [Dm] his tale,
[C] [G] that [F] her face at first [E] just ghostly.
[Dm]
[F] [C] Turned the wider [F]
shade [C] of [C] pain.
[F]
Oh, [Dm] it turned [C] the wider, [F]
wider [C] shade [F] of pain.
It [Cm] turned the wider [C] shade of pain.
Oh, it turned the wider, [F] wider, [Bb] wider [G] shade of pain.
[C] [Bb]
[C] [E] [C]
[G]
[C] [Cm] Wider, [F]
[C] wider [Dm] [F] shade of [C] pain.
[E] [F]
[Cm] Oh, it turned the [C] wider [F]
shade of pain.
[Fm] Turned [C] the wider [E] [F]
shade of pain.
Key:
C
F
G
Dm
Em
C
F
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ We _ [G] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ skipped the [Am] life and [Gm] angle, _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] turn _ [C] cartwheels [Dm] across the floor.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ I was [F] feeling kind of [Em] _ _ seasick, _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ but the [F] crowd called [C] out the _ [C] Lord. _
_ [F] _ _ And [Em] the room [G]
was _ [Dm] hollowing harder _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ as [F] _
the ceiling [Em] flew _ [Dm] away. _ _
_ [E] When [C] _ _ _ [Gbm] we caught [E] out [Am] for _ [G] another _ [Eb] _ [G] drink, _ [F] but [Em] the waiter brought a [Dm] tray.
_ [G] _
And so [C] it _ was [B] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ later, [G] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ as [Em] the man told [Dm] his _ tale, _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ that her face at [Em] first just _ [Dm] ghostly.
_ [E] _ [C] Turned the wider _ [F] _
_ shade [Em] of _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] pain.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [C] _ You _ [B]
said there is [Am] no _ [G] reason, _ [Cm] _ [F] no, _ _ [Em] and the truth is [Dm] plain to see. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Yet [F] I wandered through my [Em] playing cards, [Dm] _
[B] and I [C] would not, [F] and I [G] would not [G] let it _ [Gm] be.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] I'm one of sixteen [Dm] Vesta _ virgins [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ who [F] were leaving for [Em] the coast.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ And [B] although _ my [Em] _ eyes [Gm] were _
_ [C] open, [F] they might, they [Em]
might just as well have [Dm] been _ [G] closed.
And [C] so it _ _ _ [B] _
[E] was _ [A] later, _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ as [Em] the man told [Dm] his tale, _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ that [F] her face at first [E] just ghostly.
_ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ [C] Turned the wider _ [F] _
_ shade [C] of [C] pain.
_ [F]
Oh, [Dm] it turned [C] the wider, _ [F] _
wider [C] shade _ [F] of pain.
It [Cm] turned the _ wider _ _ [C] shade _ of pain.
Oh, it turned the wider, _ [F] wider, _ _ _ [Bb] _ wider [G] shade _ of pain. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Cm] Wider, [F] _ _ _
_ [C] wider [Dm] _ [F] shade of _ [C] pain.
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Oh, it turned the [C] _ wider [F] _ _ _
shade of pain.
_ _ _ [Fm] Turned [C] the wider [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ shade of pain. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ We _ [G] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ skipped the [Am] life and [Gm] angle, _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] turn _ [C] cartwheels [Dm] across the floor.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ I was [F] feeling kind of [Em] _ _ seasick, _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ but the [F] crowd called [C] out the _ [C] Lord. _
_ [F] _ _ And [Em] the room [G]
was _ [Dm] hollowing harder _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ as [F] _
the ceiling [Em] flew _ [Dm] away. _ _
_ [E] When [C] _ _ _ [Gbm] we caught [E] out [Am] for _ [G] another _ [Eb] _ [G] drink, _ [F] but [Em] the waiter brought a [Dm] tray.
_ [G] _
And so [C] it _ was [B] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ later, [G] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ as [Em] the man told [Dm] his _ tale, _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ that her face at [Em] first just _ [Dm] ghostly.
_ [E] _ [C] Turned the wider _ [F] _
_ shade [Em] of _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] pain.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [C] _ You _ [B]
said there is [Am] no _ [G] reason, _ [Cm] _ [F] no, _ _ [Em] and the truth is [Dm] plain to see. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Yet [F] I wandered through my [Em] playing cards, [Dm] _
[B] and I [C] would not, [F] and I [G] would not [G] let it _ [Gm] be.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] I'm one of sixteen [Dm] Vesta _ virgins [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ who [F] were leaving for [Em] the coast.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ And [B] although _ my [Em] _ eyes [Gm] were _
_ [C] open, [F] they might, they [Em]
might just as well have [Dm] been _ [G] closed.
And [C] so it _ _ _ [B] _
[E] was _ [A] later, _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ as [Em] the man told [Dm] his tale, _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ that [F] her face at first [E] just ghostly.
_ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ [C] Turned the wider _ [F] _
_ shade [C] of [C] pain.
_ [F]
Oh, [Dm] it turned [C] the wider, _ [F] _
wider [C] shade _ [F] of pain.
It [Cm] turned the _ wider _ _ [C] shade _ of pain.
Oh, it turned the wider, _ [F] wider, _ _ _ [Bb] _ wider [G] shade _ of pain. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Cm] Wider, [F] _ _ _
_ [C] wider [Dm] _ [F] shade of _ [C] pain.
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Oh, it turned the [C] _ wider [F] _ _ _
shade of pain.
_ _ _ [Fm] Turned [C] the wider [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ shade of pain. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _