Introdução: Em G F Am F Am C C/B Em G F Am F Am C C/B Em G Spring was never waiting for us, girl F Am F Am C C/B It ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance Em G Between the parted pages and were pressed F Am F Am C C/B In love's hot, fevered iron like a striped pair of pants D D4 D D9 D D7M MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark D7M/9 D7M Dm7/9 D D7 All the sweet, green icing flowing down G Am7 D9 G Someone left the cake out in the rain Em7 A7 D A7 I don't think that I can take it Em7 F#m7 'Cause it took so long to bake it Bm7 Bm7/E G G/F# F D7 And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no Em G I recall the yellow cotton dress F Am F Am C C/B Foaming like a wave on the ground around your knees Em G The birds, like tender babies in your hands F Am F Am C C/B And the old men playing checkers by the trees D D4 D D9 D D7M MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark D7M/9 D7M Dm7/9 D D7 All the sweet, green icing flowing down G Am7 D9 G Someone left the cake out in the rain Em7 A7 D A7 I don't think that I can take it Em7 F#m7 'Cause it took so long to bake it Bm7 Bm7/E G G/F# F D7 And I'll never have that recipe again, oh, no Interlude: Bb F7M Am7 G/B Am7 Em G F Am F Am C C/B Em G F Am F Am C C/B G G/F# Em Em7 C7M C7M/9 There will be another song for me, for I will sing it Cdim D7 Cdim G9 G There will be another dream for me someone will bring it C7M I will drink the wine while it is warm Am7 Cdim Am7 Bm E7 And never let you catch me looking at the sun Am Am7+ Am7 D7 Am7 And after all the loves of my life G G/F# C7M C7M/9 F7M After all the loves of my life you'll still be the one Cdim G G/F# Em Em6 C7M C7M/9 I will take my life into my hands, and I will use it Cdim D7 Cdim G9 G I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it C7M Am7 I will have the things that I desire Cdim Am7 Bm E7 And my passion flow like rivers through the sky Am Am7+ Am7 D7 Am7 G G/F# C7M And after all the loves of my life after all the loves of my life F7M Am Am7+ D7 Cdim Em I'll be thinking of you and wondering why. A7 D D4 D D9 D D7M MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark D7M/9 D7M Dm7/9 D D7 All the sweet, green icing flowing down. G Am7 D9 G Someone left the cake out in the rain Em7 A7 D A7 Em7 F#m7 I don't think that I can take it. 'Cause it took so long to bake it Bm7 Bm7/E G G/F# F A7 D9 Am7 D9 And I'll never have that recipe again, oh, no, oh no