Key: D
Introduction: Em G F Am F Am C C/B Em G F Am F Am C C/B
Em G
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
F Am F Am C C/B
It ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance
Em G
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
F Am F Am C C/B
In love's hot, fevered iron like a striped pair of pants
D D4 D D9 D D7M
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
D7M(9) D7M Dm7(9) D D7
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
G Am7 D9 G
Someone left the cake out in the rain
Em7 A7 D A7
I don't think that I can take it
Em7 F#m7
'Cause it took so long to bake it
Bm7 Bm7/E G G/F# F D7
And I'll never have that recipe again oh, no
Em G
I recall the yellow cotton dress
F Am F Am C C/B
Foaming like a wave on the ground around your knees
Em G
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
F Am F Am C C/B
And the old men playing checkers by the trees
D D4 D D9 D D7M
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
D7M(9) D7M Dm7(9) D D7
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
G Am7 D9 G
Someone left the cake out in the rain
Em7 A7 D A7
I don't think that I can take it
Em7 F#m7
'Cause it took so long to bake it
Bm7 Bm7/E G G/F# F D7
And I'll never have that recipe again oh, no
G G/F# Em Em7 C7M C7M(9)
There will be another song for me, for I will sing it
Cº D7 Cº G9 G
There will be another dream for me someone will bring it
C7M
I will drink the wine while it is warm
Am7 Cº Am7 Bm E7
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
Am Am7M Am7 D7 Am7
And after all the loves of my life
G G/F# C7M C7M(9) F7M
After all the loves of my life you'll still be the one
Cº G G/F# Em Em6 C7M C7M(9)
I will take my life into my hands, and I will use it
Cº D7 Cº G9 G
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
C7M Am7
I will have the things that I desire
Cº Am7 Bm E7
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
Am Am7M Am7 D7 Am7 G G/F# C7M
And after all the loves of my life after all the loves of my life
F7M Am Am7M D7 Cº Em
I'll be thinking of you and wondering why
A7 D D4 D D9 D D7M
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
D7M Dm7(9) D D7
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
G Am7 D9 G
Someone left the cake out in the rain
Em7 A7 D A7 Em7 F#m7
I don't think that I can take it. 'Cause it took so long to bake it
Bm7 Bm7/E G G/F# F A7 D9 Am7 D9
And I'll never have that recipe again oh, no, oh no
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