Chords for The Box Tops - A Whiter Shade of Pale

_ [G] _ [B] As the city [Em] of the way
[G] _
_ [C] _ [Bm] And he called out [C] for a lover babe
[F] And _ [C] made [D] the broadway
[G]
So [C] _ _ [G] close
[Am] He made [C] it
[F] As _ [Em] the blood [Dm] told his [D] tale
_ [G] _ _ On [Em] a page whose birth [G] was close
He [C] drew the [F] light tonight
Straight [C] up her neck
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_ [C] _ [G] She said there [Am] is no reason [C] why
[F] And [D] the truth is plain to see _
_ [G] _ [B] I wandered through my plain [G]
clouds
[C] Could [G] not [Am] let her be
[C] _
_ [F] _ [C] One of six [Dm] national [D]
virgins
[G] _ _ [B] Only [Em] made for the [G] coast
_ [C] _ [G] And though [A] my eyes were [C]
open
[F] _ [C] And my dreams were [Dm] broken
_ [G]
There's [C] no _ [G] scars [Am] to lay [G]
down
[F] _ [Em] As the blood [Dm] told his [F] tale
_ [G] _ _ On a [Em] page whose birth was close
He drew [C] the light [F] tonight
[C] Straight up her neck
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
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_ [F] _ [C] As the blood told his tale
[G] On [B] a [Em] page whose birth was close
He [G] drew _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] the light tonight
_ _ [F] _ [C] Straight up her [G] neck _
[C] Light [F] up
The world
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