{title: White room}
{artist: Cream}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 111}
{key: D}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Gm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Gm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Am]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
in the [D]white room [C] with black [G/B]curtains [Bb] by [C]the [D]station [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
black-roof [D]country, [C] no gold [G/B]pavements, [Bb] [C]tired [D]starlings [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
silver [D]horses [C] run down [G/B]moonbeams [Bb] [C]in your [D]dark eyes [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
dawn-light [D]smi--les [C] on you [G/B]leaving, [Bb] [C]my con-[D]tentment [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
I'll [C]wait in this [G]place where the [Bb]sun never [A]shines
[C]wait in this [G]place where the [Bb]shadows [C]run from them-[D]selves
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
you said [D]no strings [C] could se-[G/B]cure you [Bb] at [C] the [D]station [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
platform [D]ticket, [C] restless [G/B]diesels, [Bb] good-[C]bye [D]windows [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
I walked [D]into [C] such a [G/B]sad time [Bb] at [C]the [D]station [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
as I [D]walked out, [C] felt my [G/B]own need [Bb] just [C] be-[D]ginning [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
I'll [C]wait in the [G]queue when the [Bb]trains come [A]back
[C]lie with you [G]where the [Bb]shadows [C]run from them[D]selves.
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Gm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Gm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Am]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
at the [D]party [C] she was [G/B]kindness [Bb]in the [C] hard [D]crowd [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
conso-[D]lation [C] for the [G/B]old wound [Bb] now [C] for-[D]gotten [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
yellow [D]tigers [C] crouched in [G/B]jungles [Bb] in [C]her [D]dark eyes [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
she's just [D]dressing, [C] goodbye [G/B]windows, [Bb] [C]tired [D]starlings [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
I'll [C]sleep in this [G]place with the [Bb]lonely [A]crowd
[C]lie in the [G]dark where the [Bb]shadows [C]run from them[D]selves
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Gm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Gm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Am]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Outtro, repeat, fade}
[D5] [C] [G/B] [Bb] [C]
{end_of_part}