PROCOL HARUM - "whiter shade of pale3" Tablature
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Procol Harum
I've alredy sent this one, but it came out not well,
without intro and some measures. So, here I am again!
It's quite simple, but really beatifull song.
There are two stretches in the intro, but they are not impossible.
Just try. At least you can play only higher notes.
I wrote also chord's name over tabline, but I'm not really sure
they are all right (like FaddB, for example)
For any comment - <andyjunkie@tiscalinet.it>
Intro:
C Em Asus4 C
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|0-------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|1---------------0---------------|----3---1---0---1---3-------1---|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|2---------------0---------------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|3---3-------3---2---2-------2---|0---0---3---0---3-------3-------|
|--------------------------------|----------------3---3-------3---|
F Am Asus2 Dm Dm7
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|5-----------------------7---8---|1-0-1---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------3-------|
|2-------2-------2---------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-------2-------7-------|0-------3-------3-------3-------|
|3---3-------3-------3---7-------|0---0---5---0---3---0---3---0---|
|----------------0-----------8---|--------------------------------|
G FaddB Em Em7
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|7-----------------------8---10--|3-1-3---------------1---0---1---|
|0-------0-------0---------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-----------------------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
|0---0-------0---3---0---9---0---|2-------2-------0-------0-------|
|------------------------8-------|2---2-------2-------2-------2---|
|----------------1---------------|0-------------------------------|
C F G C Dm G7
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|1---0-----------5---------------|3---------------1---0---1-------|
|--------3---1-----------0---1---|0---0---0---3---3-------0---3---|
|0-------0-------2---2---2-------|0-------5-------4---------------|
|2-------2-------3-------3-------|0---0---5---0-------0---3---0---|
|3---3-------3-------3-------3---|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---------------|3-----------------------3-------|
Verses begin
C Em Am C
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|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|1---------------0---------------|1-------------------------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|2---------------0---------------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|3---3-------3---2---2-------2---|0---0---3---0---3-------3-------|
|--------------------------------|----------------3---3-------3---|
We skipped the light fandango
She said "There is no reason, <------- second verse
F Am/E Am/C Dm F
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------0-1-|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|--------------------0---2-------|
|3-------3-------2-------2-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|3---3-------3-------3-------3---|5-------5-------3---0---3---0---|
|1---------------0---------------|----5-------5-------------------|
And turned cartwheels across the floor
And the truth is plain to see,"
G FaddB Em G
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|------------------------0-1-3---|
|0-------0-----------------------|0-------0-------0---2---0-------|
|0---0-------0---3---0---3---0---|2-------2-------0-------0-------|
|--------------------------------|2---2-------2-------2-------2---|
|3---------------1---------------|0-------------------------------|
I was feeling kind of seasick
But I wandered through my playing cards
C Em Em7 G Am G7 C
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|0-------------0-0-------1---3---|8---------------7-------3-------|
|1---------------0---3-------3---|5-------------------------------|
|--------0---------------0-------|----5-----------0---------------|
|--------2-------2-------2-------|7-------2---------------2-------|
|3---3-------3---2---2-------2---|0---0---3---0---3-------3-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------3-------3---|
But the crowd called out for more
And would not let her be
F Asus4 Dm G
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|5---------------------------0---|1-------------------3---5---7-8-|
|--------1---1---3---1---3-------|----3---------------------------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3---------------2-------|0-------0---0---3-------3-------|
|----3---------------3-------3---|----0-------0---3---0-------0---|
|------------1---0---------------|--------------------------------|
The room was humming harder
One of sixteen vestal virgins
G G7 Dm C
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|7-------------------------------|--------------------7---8---10--|
|------------------------5---6---|8-------------------------------|
|0-------7---4-4-4---4---4-------|--------------------------------|
|0---0-----------3-------3---7---|--------------------------------|
|------------5-------5-------5---|10--10--10------10--------------|
|------------3-------------------|--------------------7-----------|
As the ceiling flew away
Who were leaving for the coast
C Bm Em7 Am C
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|0-------0---3---------------3---|------------0-------0-----------|
|1---3-------5---3---1---3-------|1---0---1-------0-------1---3---|
|--------0-------4-------0-------|2---------------0---2-------0---|
|2-------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
|----3-------3---2---2-----------|0---0---3---0---3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
When we called out for another drink
And although my eyes were open
F Asus4/E Dm G6 G
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|5-----------------------7-------|13--------------0-----0-----3---|
|----------------3---1-----------|15--------------0-----0-----3---|
|2-------2-------2---------------|14--------------0-----0-----4---|
|3-------3-------2-------7-------|0---------------0-----0-----5---|
|----3-------3-------3---7-------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|----------------3-----3-----3---|
The waiter brought a tray And so it
They might just as well have been closed And so it (chorus again)
C Em7 Em C
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|5---------------3-----------0---|0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------3-1---------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|3---3-------3-------2-------2---|0---0---3---0---3-------3-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------3-------3---|
was that later
F Asus4/E Am/C Dm7
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------3---1-----------|1-------------------------------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|----2---------------------------|
|3-------3-------2-------2-------|0-------3---0---3-------3-------|
|3---3-------3-------3-------3---|0---0---5---0---3---0---3---3---|
|1---------------0---------------|----------------------------5---|
As the miller told his tale
G FaddB F Esus4 Em Em7 Em6
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|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------0---0---0---0---0-------|----------------3-----------1-1-|
|0-------0-----2-------------2---|2---0---0-------0-------0-------|
|----0-------0---3---0---3-------|2-------2-------0-------0---0---|
|--------------------------------|2---2-------2-------2-------2---|
|3-------3---3---1-----------1---|0-----------0-------------------|
That her face at first just ghostly
C F C G
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|----------------------------1-0-|0-------------------------------|
|1-------1-------1-------1-------|1-------1-------1-------0-------|
|0-------0-------2-------2-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
|2---2-------2---3---3---3---3---|2---2---2-------0-------0-------|
|3-----------3-------------------|3-------------------------------|
|----------------1---------------|----------------3-----------3---|
Turned a whiter shade of pale
Repeat intro again
Then go to the second verse
Repeat chorus
Repeat intro
And chorus again
Then play this for outro
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2-------2-------2--------2------|1-------1-------1-------1-------|
|3-------3-------3--------3------|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|3---3---3---3---3----3---3---3--|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|1-------1-------1--------1------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---------------2---------------|-------PERCUSSIONS--------------|
|3---------------3-------0-------|2---------HERE----------3-------|
|------------------------3-------|3-------------------------------|
I used Tabledit to figure out this one (www.tabledit.com)
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