MacArthur Park

Intro: Dm Dm D# Gm

 

Verse 1:

Dm F

Spring was never waiting for us, girl

D#

It ran one step ahead

Gm Gm A# G# Gm

As we followed in the dance

Dm F

Between the parted pages and were pressed,

D#

In love's hot, fevered iron

Gm Gm A# G# Gm

Like a striped pair of pants

 

Chorus:

C Cmaj7

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark

C11

All the sweet, green icing flowing down...

F Fmaj7

Someone left the cake out in the rain

C

and I don't think that I can take it

Dm7

'cause it took so long to bake it

C Cmaj7 C

and I'll never have that recipe again

D#

Oh, no!

 

Verse 2:

Dm F

I recall the yellow cotton dress

D#

foaming like a wave

Gm Gm A# G# Gm

on the ground around your knees

Dm F

The birds, like tender babies in your hands

D# Gm Gm A# G# Gm

and the old men playing checkers by the trees

 

Chorus:

C Cmaj7

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark

C11

All the sweet, green icing flowing down...

F Fmaj7

Someone left the cake out in the rain

C

and I don't think that I can take it

Dm7

'cause it took so long to bake it

C Cmaj7 C

and I'll never have that recipe again

D#

Oh, no!

 

Bridge:

F Fmaj7

There will be another song for me

A# A#m

For I will sing it

A#

There will be another dream for me

Fmaj7 F

Someone will bring it

A# Gm

I will drink the wine while it is warm

Am D7

and never let you catch me looking at the sun

Gm C11

And after all the loves of my life

Fmaj7 F A#

after all the loves of my life

D# C11

You'll still be the one.

F Fmaj7

I will take my life into my hands

A# A#m

and I will use it

A#

I will win the worship in their eyes

Fmaj7 F

and I will lose it

A# Gm

I will have the things that I desire

Am D7

and my passion flow like rivers through the sky.

Gm C11

And after all the loves of my life

Fmaj7 F A#

After all the loves of my life

D#

I'll be thinking of you

Dm

and wondering why.

 

Chorus & End:

F A# Fmaj7

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark

F F7

All the sweet, green icing flowing down...

A#

Someone left the cake out in the rain

Dm

and I don't think that I can take it

'cause it took so long to bake it

G7 A#m

and I'll never have that recipe again

F C11 G#

Oh, no! Oh no