Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Spring was never waiting for us, dear.
G+G E minorEm E minorEm D MajorD D MajorD FF
It ran one step ahead, as we followed in the dance.
Chorus:
G+G A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark.
A augmentedA
All the sweet green icing, flowing down.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
Someone left the cake out, in the rain.
A augmentedA
I don't think that I can take it.
B minorBm
'Cause it took so long to bake it.
A augmentedA D MajorD
And I'll never have that recipe again...
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm
Oh, no......, Agaaaah...
Verse 2:
B minorBm D MajorD
I recall the yellow cotton dress,
C majorC
foaming like a wave.
E minorEm E minorEm
On the ground beneath your knees.
B minorBm D MajorD
Birds like tender babies in your hands
D MajorD
And the old men playing;
C majorC E minorEm E minorEm
Chinese checkers by the tree.
Chorus:
A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7
MacArthur's Park is melting, in the dark
A augmentedA
All the sweet green icing, flowing down.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
Someone left the cake out in the rain.
A augmentedA
I don't think that I can take it.
Bm7Bm7
'Cause it took so long to bake it.
A augmentedA Dmaj7Dmaj7
And I'll never have that recipe again...
C majorC C majorC A minorAm A minorAm E minorEm
Oh, no...........,Agaaaaah.
Interlude:
| F minorFm FF | A minorAm | A minorAm | E minorEm |
| E minorEm | B minorBm | B minorBm | D MajorD |
| D7D7 | D7D7 | D MajorD |
Chorus:
G+G Gmaj7Gmaj7
MacArthur's Park is melting, in the dark
FF
All the sweet green icing, flowing down.
DmDm C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Someone left my cake out, in the rain.
E minorEm
I don't - think that I can take it.
D MajorD G+G
'Cause it took so long to bake it.
C#dimC#dim Am7Am7 C minorCm
And I'll never have that recipe again...
G+G A#Maj7A#maj7 D#Maj7D#maj7 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD A minorAm
Oh, no.........................................
Outro:
| Am7Am7 | E minorEm | E minorEm | A minorAm |
Yes,
| A minorAm | E minorEm | E minorEm | C majorC |
| F# minorF#m |C majorC G+G A augmentedA