A C＃monG＃/F＃m AonE/D F＃monC＃/Bm DonA
We skippe d the light fanda ngo
turned cart wheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda se asick
but the crowd called out f or more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew awa y
When we calle d out for ano ther drink
and the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that late r
as the mirro r told his tale
that her face, at first just gh ostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
A C＃monG＃/F＃m AonE/D F＃monC＃/Bm DonA
She said, 'There is no reas on
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my pl aying cards
and they would not let her be
one of sixte en vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coas t
and althoug h my eyes were open wide
they might have just as well been closed
And so it was that late r
as the mirro r told his tale
that her face, at first just gh ostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
A C＃monG＃/F＃m AonE/D F＃monC＃/Bm DonA
She said, 'I'm here on a shore leave,'
though we were miles at sea.
I pointed out this detail
and forced her to agree,
sayin g, 'You must be the mermaid
who took King Neptune for a ride.'
And she smile d at me so sweetly
that my an ger straightway died.
And so it was that late r
as the mirro r told his tale
that her face, at first just gh ostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in fr ont
then dirt in t ruth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight throu gh my head
So we crash -dived st raightway quickly
and attacked the ocea n bed
And so it was that late r
as the mirro r told his tale
that her face, at first just gh ostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
