Verse 1:
Dm F
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
Eb
It ran one step ahead
Gm Gm Bb G# Gm
As we followed in the dance
Dm F
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
Eb
In love’s hot, fevered iron
Gm Gm Bb 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
Eb
Oh, no!
Verse 2:
Dm F
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Eb
foaming like a wave
Gm Gm Bb G# Gm
on the ground around your knees
Dm F
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
Eb Gm Gm Bb 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
Eb
Oh, no!
Bridge:
F Fmaj7
There will be another song for me
Bb Bbm
For I will sing it
Bb
There will be another dream for me
Fmaj7 F
Someone will bring it
Bb 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 Bb
after all the loves of my life
Eb C11
You’ll still be the one.
F Fmaj7
I will take my life into my hands
Bb Bbm
and I will use it
Bb
I will win the worship in their eyes
Fmaj7 F
and I will lose it
Bb 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 Bb
After all the loves of my life
Eb
I’ll be thinking of you
Dm
and wondering why.
Chorus & End:
F Bb Fmaj7
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
F F7
All the sweet, green icing flowing down…
Bb
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 Bbm
and I’ll never have that recipe again
F C11 G#
Oh, no! Oh no
