Written by Gary Brooker / Keith Reid
Intro C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G G/F Em Em/D C F G F G C C/B Am Am/G We skipped the light fandango F F/E Dm Dm/C Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor G G/F Em Em/D I was feeling kinda seasick C C/B Am Am/G But the crowd called out for more F F/E Dm Dm/C The room was humming harder G G/F Em Em/D As the ceiling flew away C C/B Am Am/G When we called out for another drink F F/E Dm The waiter brought a tray G7 C C/B Am Am/G And so it was,___ that later,____ F F/E Dm Dm/C As the miller told his tale G G/F Em Em/D That her face, at first just ghostly C F C G6(11) G6 Turned a whiter shade of pale Solo C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G G/F Em Em/D C F G F G C C/B Am Am/G She said there is no reason F F/E Dm Dm/C And the truth is plain to see G G/F Em Em/D But I wandered through my playing cards C C/B Am Am/G Would not let her be F F/E Dm Dm/C One of sixteen vestal virgins G G/F Em Em/D Who were leaving for the coast C C/B Am Am/G And although my eyes were o____pen F F/E Dm They might just as well been closed G7 C C/B Am Am/G And so it was,___ that later,____ F F/E Dm Dm/C As the miller told his tale G G/F Em Em/D That her face, at first just ghostly C F C G6(11) G6 Turned a whiter shade of pale Final C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G G/F Em Em/D C F G G7 C C/B Am Am/G And so it was,___ that later,____ F F/E Dm Dm/C As the miller told his tale