# A Whiter Shade of Pale – Annie Lennox: piano chords

A Whiter Shade of Pale by Annie Lennox uses 15 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [Dm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [G/F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [G/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [G/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [C/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Em/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [G/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Fmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: C Em Am C F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em G/D C F G F/A G/B
- Verse 1: C Em Am C F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em G/D C Em Am C F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em G/D C Em Am C F Am Dm
- Chorus 1: G C Em Am C/G F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em Em/B C F C G G/C
- Instrumental 1: C Em Am C F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em G/D C F G F/A G/B C
- Verse 2: Em Am C F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em G/D C Em Am C F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em G/D C Em Am C F Am Dm
- Chorus 2: G C Em Am C/G F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em Em/B C F C G G/C
- Instrumental 2: C Em Am C F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em G/D C F G F/A G/B C
- Chorus 3: G C Em Am C/G F Am Dm Dm7 G G/F Em Em/B C F C G
- Outro 1: C F C G C F C G C F C G C F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7 C F Fmaj7 F Fmaj7

## Questions

### Which chords does A Whiter Shade of Pale by Annie Lennox use?

Different chords: 15. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is A Whiter Shade of Pale by Annie Lennox in?

The chords fit C major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is A Whiter Shade of Pale to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (15), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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