Bm   D/A   C   Em   Em

[Verse 1]
        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


[Chorus]
           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!!


[Verse 2]
        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


[Chorus]
           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

[Verse 3]
        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


[Verse 4]
               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?


[Chorus]
           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!!