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Whiter Shade Of Pale

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A Whiter Shade Of Pale Bass Tab

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Tuning : E A D G 	Time Signature: 4/4

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A Whiter Shade Of Pale Bass Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Martin Average	#1 by Martin Mc Taggart at May 12, 1970 at 1:34 PM EST
	I LOVE the StrINGS in the background! I can't believe no one has commented on this song. Great classics edited from Bach's Air for G string.

No Picture chris Average	#2 by chris thomas at Jun 29, 1971 at 1:42 PM EST
	I heard a DJ say once that it was about a card game, on board a ship. The mirror told the tale, was a reference to the fact that "she" saw the reflection of the cards in the mirror, & the realization of the outcome, ie, the loss of a substantial loss of money, made her turn a 'whiter shale of pale.

No Picture ruthuger Average	#3 by ruthuger nixon at Feb 18, 1974 at 6:43 PM EST
	It's not about drugs, it's about a one-night stand. It starts with dancing, drinking, drinking, etc. "would not let her be/one of the sixteen vestal virgins" suggests rather strongly at the real intent of the singer. There is another verse that wasn't recorded in which the song ends with the two landing on the "ocean bed" bringing together the 'sea' metaphor that the song employs and the culmination of a man's drunken attempts to woo a stranger. Apparently Reid heard a friend use the phrase "whiter shade of pale" which he thought was a beautiful compliment to pay to a girl and wanted to use it. beautiful song

No Picture E Average	#4 by E F at Aug 17, 1975 at 12:20 PM EST
	i guess there are multiple versions of this song. i believe this song is about drug use.

No Picture chris Wanna Be	#5 by chris tremayne at Sep 19, 1990 at 3:49 PM EST
	Lyrics are fixed :-) Sooo much better

No Picture Anni Average	#6 by Anni Mcgann at Jul 4, 1993 at 1:15 PM EST
	Where in the world did you get the lyrics for this fine song. Here is what I hear: "when we called out for another drink, the waiter brought a tray." and: "that her face at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale"

No Picture Zach250 Wanna Be	#7 by Zach250 at Oct 29, 1997 at 4:50 PM EST
	i thought the band had never actually revealed what it's about. and it is the miller told his tale, reference to chaucer.

No Picture bill Average	#8 by bill i am at Jun 2, 2001 at 4:15 AM EST
	well then what's the first bo?

No Picture Jess Wanna Be	#9 by Jess at Oct 3, 2001 at 11:22 PM EST
	She said: "There is no reason, and the truth is plain to see" But I wandered throught my playing cards; would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast and although my eyes were open they might just as well been closed. --------- This version here is about the Vietnam war. This man finds out that he has been drafted and he tells his girlfriend. she cries out that there is no reason. and that the draft was bogus. Vestel virgins- new boat leaving for the coast. He's eyes were closed because he knew he was screwed over and drafted. -just my interpretation of it ^_^

No Picture mike Wanna Be	#10 by mike ballard at Aug 17, 2007 at 12:23 AM EST
	I've heard that this song is about the sinking of the Titanic.