A Whiter Shade Of Pale Harmonica Tabs

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We skipped the light fandango—–
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turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor
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I was feeling kinda seasick
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the crowd called out for more
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The room was humming harder
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as the ceiling flew a-way-
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When we called out for another drink-
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the waiter brought a tray

chorus:
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And so it was– that la– ter—
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as the miller told his tale
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that her face, at first just ghostly,
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turned a whit-er—- shade of pale–

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She said, ‘There is no reason—
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and the truth is plain to see–‘
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But I wandered through my playing cards
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and would not- let her be
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one of sixteen vestal virgins
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who were leaving for the coast
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and although my eyes were o—pen—
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they might have just as well been closed
(repeat chorus)

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She said, ‘I’m home on shore leave,’
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though in truth we were at sea-
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so I took her by the looking glass
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and forced her- to agree
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saying, ‘You must be the mermaid
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who took Neptune for a ride.’
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But she smiled at me so sad-ly—-
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that my anger straightway died
(repeat chorus)

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If music be the food of love
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then laughter is its queen–
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and likewise if behind is in front
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then dirt in truth is clean
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My mouth by then like cardboard
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seemed to slip straight through my head
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So we crash-dived straightway quick-ly—-
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and attacked the ocean bed-
(repeat chorus)