Written by Jimmy Webb
[Intro]
Eb Gm Bb Ab Ebmaj7 Cm Eb11 F11
Dm F
Spring was never waiting for us girl,
Eb Gm
It ran one step ahead , As we followed in the dance.
[Repeat intro chords]
Eb Gm Bb Ab Ebmaj7 Cm Eb11 F11
Dm F Eb
Between the parted pages and were pressed in love's hot fevered iron
Gm
like a striped pair of pants.
[Pre-chorus chords]
Eb Gm Bb Ab Bb
[Chorus]
C Cmaj7
MacArthur park is melting through the dark.
C11
All the sweet green icing flowing down
F Bb F Fmaj7
Someone left the cake out in the rain
C
I don't think that I can take it.
Dm7
Cause it took so long to bake it.
C Cmaj9 C F
And I'll never have that recipe again.
Eb
Oh no.
[Post-chorus chords]
Ab Eb Cm7 Ab C Db Abmaj7 Fm9 Db
Dm F
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Eb Gm
Foaming like a wave on the ground around your knees
[Repeat intro chords]
Eb Gm Bb Ab Ebmaj7 Cm Eb11 F11
Dm F Eb
The birds like tender babies in your hands and the old men playing checkers
Gm
by the trees.
[Pre-chorus chords]
Eb Gm Bb Ab Bb
[Chorus]
C Cmaj7
MacArthur park is melting through the dark.
C11
All the sweet green icing flowing down
F Bb F Fmaj7
Someone left the cake out in the rain
C
I don't think that I can take it.
Dm7
Cause it took so long to bake it.
C Cmaj9 C F
And I'll never have that recipe again.
Eb
Oh no.
[Instrumental breakdown]
Ab Ebmaj7 Gm7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Am7 Fmaj9 Bm F
E9 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Eb Ab
Abmaj7 Ab7 Db Bbm6 F
[Bridge]
F Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bb6
There will be another song for me for I will sing it.
Bbdim Fmaj9 F Fmaj9 F
There will be another dream for me someone will bring it.
Bbmaj7
I will drink the wine while it is warm.
Gm6 Am7
And never let you catch me looking at the sun. D7 C D7
Gm C11
And after all the loves of my life.
Fmaj7 F Bbmaj7
After all the loves of my life
Ebmaj7 C11
you'll still be the one.
F Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bb6
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it.
Bbdim Fmaj9 F Fmaj9 F
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it.
Bbmaj7 Gm6
I will have the things that I desire.
Am7 D7 C D7
And my passion flow like rivers to the sky.
Gm C11
And after all the loves of my life.
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bb Eb
Oh, after all the loves of my life I'll be thinking of you.
C7sus4 Dm Bb Dm F Bb F
And wondering why.
[Break]
Eb Gm Eb Gm Bb Ab Ebmaj7 Eb11 F11 Dm9 Fmaj9
Gm
C Gm7 D11 Gm C Gm7 D11 Gm7 C Gm7 D11 Gm7 C
Gm7 Am7 Dm G Dm7 G Dm G Dm7 G
Ebmaj9 D11 Ebmaj9
Emaj9 Bbmaj9 Ebmaj9 Bbmaj9 Am7 D11 Ebmaj9 F6
G A7 Bb6 D11 G A7 Bb6 Am Eb(sus4) Eb G7 G7-9
Cm B+ Bb Cm6 Fm Cm7 Fm E+ Eb Fm6 Bbm Fm7 Ebm7
Ab7 Gb
[Final chorus]
Bb Db
F Bb F Fmaj7 F11 F7
MacArthur park is melting in the dark. All the sweet green icing flowing down
Bb
Someone left the cake out in the rain
Dm
I don't think that I can take it.
Cause it took so long to bake it.
G9 Bbm
And I'll never have that recipe again.
F C11 Ab Fm Gb Bbsus4 Bb Eb Bb
Oh no. Oh no. No Oh no...
