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