A Whiter Shade Of Pale bass tab by Procol Harum

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

PROCOL HARUM – A WHITER SHADE OF PALE

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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------2---4--|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----2---3---3--|5---5----------|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
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G|---------------|--------------2|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|---------------|--------5---4--|
A|---------------|--------5------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 I was feeling kinda seasick, but the crowd called out for more
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------2|
D|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|
A|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|---------------|--------5------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 The room was humming harder, as the ceiling flew away
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------3--3--3|
 When we called out for another drink, the waiter brought a tray
                            (Chorus:) And so it
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|----------4-3-2|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Was that later as the miller told his tale
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G|---------------|---------------|------------0-2|5--------------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----0-2-3------|----7-6-5-3-2-3|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------2---4--|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----2---3---3--|5---5----------|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 She said, there is no reason, and the truth is plain to see
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G|---------------|--------------4|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|---------------|--------5---4--|
A|---------------|--------5------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 But I wandered through my playing cards, and they would not let her be
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------4|
D|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|
A|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|---------------|--------5------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 One of sixteen vestal virgins, who were leaving for the coast
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D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|-----------5---|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------3------|
 And although my eyes were open wide, they might have just as well been closed
                                   (Chorus:) And so it
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|----------4-3-2|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Was that later as the miller told his tale
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G|---------------|---------------|------------0-2|5-4-3-2--------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----0-2-3------|--------5-3-2-0|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------2---4--|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----2---3---3--|5---5----------|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 She said, I'm here on a shore leave, though we were miles at sea
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G|---------------|--------------2|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|---------------|--------5---4--|
A|---------------|--------5------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 I pointed out this detail, and forced her to agree
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------2|
D|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|
A|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|---------------|--------5------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Saying, You must be the mermaid, who took King Neptune for a ride
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------3--3--3|
 And she smiled at me so sweetly, that my anger straightway died
                            (Chorus:) And so it
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|----------4-3-2|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Was that later as the miller told his tale
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G|---------------|---------------|------------0-2|5--------------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----0-2-3------|----7-6-5-3-2-3|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------2---4--|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----2---3---3--|5---5----------|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n
G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 If music be the food of love, then laughter is it's queen
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G|---------------|--------------2|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|---------------|--------5---4--|
A|---------------|--------5------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 And likewise if behind is in front, then dirt in truth is clean
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------2|
D|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2---2-5--|
A|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|---------------|--------5------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 My mouth by then like cardboard, seemed to slip straight through my head
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------3--3--3|
 So we crash-dived straightway quickly, and attacked the ocean bed
                             (Chorus:) And so it
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G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|----------4-3-2|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Was that later as the miller told his tale
 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n
G|---------------|---------------|------------0-2|5--------------|
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----0-2-3------|----7-6-5-3-2-3|
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale
 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n
G|5-----5-4-----4|2-----2--------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------5---4--|3-----3-2-----2|------------2-3|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-----5-3-5----|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------2---4--||
D|5-----5-3-----3|2-----2--------|----2---3---3--|5---5----------||
A|---------------|--------5---4--|3--------------|---------------||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||

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