Song: Whiter Shade of Pale
Artist: Procol Harum
Tabbed by: nojustno@hotmail.com
Standard tuning
I like to finger pick this song, but strumming sounds pretty good too but rhythm and picking patterns will
up to you, they?re really not too hard
It is basically this pattern throughout the entire song (be sure to emphasize the bass notes for a sound
to the original):
e|--0-----0----0-----0------1-----1----1----1------3-----3------0------0------0-------1-----3-------1-----3--|
B|--1-----1----1-----1------1-----1----1----1------0-----0------0------0------1-------1-----0-------1-----0--|
G|--0-----0----2-----2------2-----2----2----2------0-----0------0------0------0-------2-----0-------2-----0--|
D|--2-----2----2-----2------3-----2----0----0------0-----0------2------2------2-------3-----0-------3-----0--|
A|--3-----2----0-----0----------------------3------2-----2------2------2------3-------------2-------------2--|
E|--------------------3----------------------------3-----1------0------3--------------------3-------------3--|
The synthesizer part goes like this:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-------------|
B|---------------------------------------------10----12--13------------------12---13---------12p10h12--|
G|---9---9------------------------9--------------------------10p9h10-----------------------------------|
D|------------12---10--9--10--12------10----------------------------------12---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---10--9--10--10--9--------------------12---10--9--10-----9----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------12----10---------------------12------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lyrics:
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kinda sea-sick
But the crowed called out for more
The room was pounding harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought the tray
[Chorus]
And so it was the later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said there is no reason
When the truth is plain to see
That I?ll wander through my playing cards
Would not let her be
One of 16 vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
The might just as well?ve been closed
[Chorus]
************************************
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
************************************
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum
Guitar
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F/E
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
E||---0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
B||---1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
G||*--0--------0--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
D||*--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|
A||---3--------2--------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
E||---------------------|-----------3--------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C G G/F Em G/D
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|
--3--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--2--------2--------|--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|
--0-----------------|--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C F G F G C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H Q Q H H
--0--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--0--------0--------|
--1--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--1--------1--------|
--0--------2--------|--4--------2----4----|--0--------0--------|
--2--------3--------|--5--------3----5----|--2--------2--------|
--3-----------------|---------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F F/E Dm Dm/C
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|
--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|
--0-----------------|--------------------|-----------3--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
G G/F Em G/D C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|
--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F F/E Dm Dm/C
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|
--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|
--0-----------------|--------------------|-----------3--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
G G/F Em G/D C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|
--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F F/E Dm G
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|----3----|
H H H H H Q Q Q
--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------3----3----3----|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--3--------0----0----0----|
--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--2--------0----0----0----|
--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|--0--------0----0----0----|
--0-----------------|--------------------|-----------2----2----2----|
-----------3--------|--------------------|-----------3----3----3----|
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F/E
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--0--------0--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|
--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
--------------------|-----------3--------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C G G/F Em G/D
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|
--3--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--2--------2--------|--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|
--0-----------------|--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C F C G C
^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H Q S S S S E E Q
--0--------1--------|--0--------3---------||-------------------10-------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------0---------||---------8---8---------8----|
--0--------2--------|--0--------0--------*||-------9---9---10-----------|
--2--------3--------|--2--------0--------*||----------------------------|
--3-----------------|--3--------2---------||----------------------------|
--------------------|-----------3---------||----------------------------|
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F/E
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--0--------0--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|
--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
--------------------|-----------3--------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C G G/F Em G/D
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|
--3--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--2--------2--------|--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|
--0-----------------|--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C F G F G C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H Q Q H H
--0--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--0--------0--------|
--1--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--1--------1--------|
--0--------2--------|--4--------2----4----|--0--------0--------|
--2--------3--------|--5--------3----5----|--2--------2--------|
--3-----------------|---------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F
^ ^ ^
H H H H
--0--------0--------|--1-----------------||
--1--------1--------|--1-----------------||
--2--------0--------|--2-----------------||
--2--------2--------|--3-----------------||
--0-----------------|--------------------||
-----------3--------|--------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
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Procol Harum
Guitar
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F/E
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
E||---0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
B||---1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
G||*--0--------0--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
D||*--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|
A||---3--------2--------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
E||---------------------|-----------3--------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C G G/F Em G/D
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|
--3--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--2--------2--------|--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|
--0-----------------|--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C F G F G C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H Q Q H H
--0--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--0--------0--------|
--1--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--1--------1--------|
--0--------2--------|--4--------2----4----|--0--------0--------|
--2--------3--------|--5--------3----5----|--2--------2--------|
--3-----------------|---------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F F/E Dm Dm/C
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|
--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|
--0-----------------|--------------------|-----------3--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
G G/F Em G/D C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|
--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F F/E Dm Dm/C
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|
--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|
--0-----------------|--------------------|-----------3--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
G G/F Em G/D C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|
--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F F/E Dm G
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|----3----|
H H H H H Q Q Q
--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------3----3----3----|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--3--------0----0----0----|
--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--2--------0----0----0----|
--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|--0--------0----0----0----|
--0-----------------|--------------------|-----------2----2----2----|
-----------3--------|--------------------|-----------3----3----3----|
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F/E
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--0--------0--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|
--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
--------------------|-----------3--------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C G G/F Em G/D
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|
--3--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--2--------2--------|--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|
--0-----------------|--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C F C G C
^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H Q S S S S E E Q
--0--------1--------|--0--------3---------||-------------------10-------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------0---------||---------8---8---------8----|
--0--------2--------|--0--------0--------*||-------9---9---10-----------|
--2--------3--------|--2--------0--------*||----------------------------|
--3-----------------|--3--------2---------||----------------------------|
--------------------|-----------3---------||----------------------------|
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F/E
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|--1--------1--------|
--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|--1--------1--------|
--0--------0--------|--2--------0--------|--2--------2--------|
--2--------2--------|--2--------2--------|--3--------2--------|
--3--------2--------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
--------------------|-----------3--------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C G G/F Em G/D
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H H H H
--1--------1--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------3--------|
--3--------3--------|--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|
--2--------2--------|--4--------4--------|--0--------0--------|
--0-----------------|--5--------3--------|--2--------0--------|
-----------3--------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C F G F G C C/B
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H H H Q Q H H
--0--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--0--------0--------|
--1--------1--------|--3--------1----3----|--1--------1--------|
--0--------2--------|--4--------2----4----|--0--------0--------|
--2--------3--------|--5--------3----5----|--2--------2--------|
--3-----------------|---------------------|--3--------2--------|
--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
Am7 Am7/G F
^ ^ ^
H H H H
--0--------0--------|--1-----------------||
--1--------1--------|--1-----------------||
--2--------0--------|--2-----------------||
--2--------2--------|--3-----------------||
--0-----------------|--------------------||
-----------3--------|--------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
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Song info
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A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum
2001
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- Psychedelic Rock
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