Written by Gary Brooker and Mathew Fisher
Intro: C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G/B G/F Em7 G/D C F G F/A G/B C C/B Am C/G F We skipped the light Fandango F/E Dm F/C G Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor G/F Em7 G/D C I was feeling kind of seasick C/D Am C/G F But the crowd called out for more F/E Dm F/C G The room was humming harder G/F Em7 G/D C As the ceiling flew away C/B Am F/C F When we called out for another drink F/E Dm The waiter brought a tray G C C/B Am C/G F And so it was that later F/E Dm F/C G As the Miller told his tale G/F Em7 G/D That her face, at first just ghostly C F C G Turned a whiter shade of pale Interlude: C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm Dm/C G/B G/F Em7 G/D C F G F/A G/B C C/B Am C/G F She said there is no reason F/E Dm F/C G And the truth is plain to see G/F Em7 G/D But I wandered through my playing C C/B Am C/G F Cards and would not let her be F/E Dm F/C G One of sixteen vestal virgins, G/F Em7 G/D C Who were leaving for the coast C/B Am C/G F And although my eyes were open F/E Dm They might just as well've been closed G C C/B Am C/G F And so it was that later F/E Dm F/C G As the Miller told his tale G/F Em7 G/D That her face, at first just ghostly C F C G Turned a whiter shade of pale