Macarthur Park

Bm D/A C Em Em Bm D C Spring was never waiting for us girl, it ran one step ahead Em Em As we followed in the dance Bm D C Between the parted pages that were pressed in love's hot fevered iron Em Em F G Like a strip-ed pair of pants A Amaj7 MacArthur Park is melting in the dark Em All the sweet green icing flowing down D Someone left the cake out in the rain E A I don't think that I can take it D Lord, it took so long to bake it A F#m C Em Em I'll never have that recipe again, oh no!! Bm D C I recall a yellow cotton dress foaming like a wave Em Em On the ground around your knees Bm D C Birds like tender babies in your hands, old men playing checkers Em Em F G By the trees A Amaj7 MacArthur Park is melting in the dark Em All the sweet green icing flowing down D Someone left the cake out in the rain E A I don't think that I can take it D Lord, it took so long to bake it A F#m C Em Em I'll never have that recipe again, oh no!! ### PART II ### D C C C Am F F There will be another song for me, and I will sing it G G C C There will be another dream for me, someone will bring it F Dm7 I will taste the wine while it is warm C C And never let you catch me looking in the sun F G7 And after all the loves of my life C Am After all the loves of my life Bb G You'll still be the one C Am F F I will take my life into my hands, and I will use it G G C C I will win the worship in their eyes, and I will lose it F Dm7 I will let my passions flow Cmaj7 C Like rivers from the sky F G7 But after all the loves of my life C Am After all the loves of my life Bb G Am Am F G I'll still be alone, wondering why? A Amaj7 MacArthur Park is melting in the dark Em All the sweet green icing flowing down D Someone left the cake out in the rain E A I don't think that I can take it D Lord, it took so long to bake it A F#m C Em Em I'll never have that recipe again, oh no!! E E F# F# F# F# F# No!!!!! Oh no!!