Glen Miller/Bette Midler

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Glen Miller/Bette Midler


Tom: C

Intro: 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
We skipped the light Fandango            
          F/E               Dm    F/C G
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
        G/F            Em7    G/D    C
I was feeling kind of seasick             
                 C/D           Am C/G F
But the crowd called out for more
     F/E              Dm   F/C    G
The room was humming harder           
        G/F          Em7 G/D C
As the ceiling flew away
         C/B            Am     F/C   F
When we called out for another drink    
     F/E               Dm
The waiter brought a tray
G          C  C/B    Am       C/G     F
And so it was       that later           
       F/E             Dm  F/C G
As the Miller told his tale
          G/F                 Em7    G/D
That her face, at first just ghostly        
          C     F         C  G
Turned a whiter shade of pale

Interlude: ( 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
She said there is no reason             
        F/E               Dm F/C G
And the truth is plain to see
       G/F                 Em7    G/D
But I wandered through my playing       
        C      C/B        Am   C/G F
Cards and   would not let her be
        F/E            Dm    F/C    G
One of sixteen vestal virgins,           
        G/F             Em7  G/D C
Who were leaving for the coast
        C/B               Am  C/G    F
And although my eyes were open         
         F/E                  Dm
They might just as well've been closed
G          C  C/B      Am   C/G     F
And so it was     that later          
               F/E      Dm F/C G
As the Miller told his tale
          G/F                  Em7    G/D
That her face, at first just ghostly       
         C   F           C   G
Turned a whiter   shade of pale