A WHITER SHADE OF PALE

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Words and Music by KEITH REID and GARY BROOKER

We skipped the light- fan - dan - go, turned cart - wheels 'cross the She said, "I'm home- on shore leave," - though in truth w e were at ' She said,"There is no rea - son, and the truth i s plain to

So I took her by the look- ing glass But I wandered through my play - ing cards

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the crowd called o u t for more and forced her- t o a - gree and would not- l e t her be

The room was hum - ming hard- Say -ing, "You must be the mer - one of six - teen ves - tal vir -

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as the ie i l - ing flew a - way.- who took Nep - tune for a who were leav - ing for the coast.-

we called out for a11 - 0th me so

And al -though my eyes were o

the wait - er brought a tray. that my an . ger straight -way died. they mightjust as well been closed.

And so it

I was that la - ' ter as the m i l l - e r told his

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I tale,- That her face at first just ghost - ly turned a

1 whit - er shade of pale.

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I pale. I pale.