White Room Melody:

3  3
 3    
Words and Music by    
Jack Bruce and Pete Brown In a white room with black

Gm F Dm C Am7 D Csus2











  

G/B Bb5 C5 Gm/Bb Bb A







Intro  Gm F  Dm C 
(Ah, ah, ah, ah.)
 Gm F  Dm C  Am7
(Ah, ah, ah, ah.)

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 N.C. D
Verse 1 In a white room
Csus2 G/B
With black curtains
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
Near the station.
Bb5 C5 D
Black roof country,
Csus2 G/B
No gold pavements,
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
Tir - ed starlings.
Bb5 C5 D
Sil - ver horses
Csus2 G/B
Ran down moonbeams
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
In your dark eyes.
Bb5 C5 D
Dawn - light smiles
Csus2 G/B
On you leaving
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B Gm/Bb
My con-tentment.

C G/B
Chorus 1 I’ll wait in this place
Bb A
Where the sun never shines.
C G/B
Wait in this place
Bb C D N.C.
Where the shadows run from them - selves.

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 N.C. D
Verse 2 You said no strings
Csus2 G/B
Could se-cure you
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
At the station.
Bb5 C5 D
Plat - form ticket,
Csus2 G/B
Restless diesels,
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
Good - bye windows.
Bb5 C5 D
I walked into
Csus2 G/B
Such a sad time
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
At the station.
Bb5 C5 D
As I walked out,
Csus2 G/B
Felt my own need
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B Gm/Bb
Just be-ginning.

C G/B
Chorus 2 I’ll wait in the queue
Bb A
When the trains come back.
C G/B
Lie with you
Bb C D
Where the shadows run from them - selves.

Interlude 1 Repeat Intro

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 N.C. D
Verse 3 At the party,
Csus2 G/B
She was kindness
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
In the hard crowd.
Bb5 C5 D
Con - so-lation
Csus2 G/B
For the old wound
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
Now for-gotten.
Bb5 C5 D
Yel - low tigers
Csus2 G/B
Crouched in jungles
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B
In the dark eyes.
Bb5 C5 D
She’s just dressing,
Csus2 G/B
Goodbye windows,
Bb5 C5 D Csus2 G/B Gm/Bb
Tir - ed starlings.

C G/B
Chorus 3 I’ll sleep in this place
Bb A
With the lonely crowd.
C G/B
Lie in the dark
Bb C D
Where the shadows run from them - selves.

Interlude 2 Repeat Intro

Guitar Solo   D Csus2  G/B Bb5 C5

 Repeat and fade

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