MacArthur Park
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MacArthur Park
Jimmy Webb/Richard Harris
intro
Eb
(4/4)
Gm
Bb
Ab
(9/8)
Ebmaj7
Cm
Eb11
F11
#4/4
Dm
Spring was never waiting for us
F
girl,
It ran one step
Eb
ahead , As we followed in the
Gm
dance.
Eb
Gm
Bb
Ab
(9/8)
Ebmaj7
Cm
Eb11
F11
Bet
Dm
ween the parted pages and were
F
pressed in love's hot fevered
Eb
iron
like a striped pair of
Gm
pants.
Eb
Gm
Bb
Ab
Bb
chorus
Chorus
Mac
C
Arthur park is melting thro'the
Cmaj7
dark. All the sweet green icing
C11
flowing down
F
Someone left the
Bb
cake
F
out in the
Fmaj7
rain, I don't
C
think that I can take it.
Cause it
Dm7
took so long to bake it. And I'll
C
never have that
Cmaj9
reci
C
pe
F
again.
Oh
Eb
no.
Ab
Eb
Cm7
Ab
C
Db
(3
Abmaj7
/4)
Fm9
Db
Dm
I recall the yellow cotton
F
dress
Foaming like
Eb
wave on the ground around your
Gm
knees
Eb
Gm
Bb
Ab
(9/8)
Ebmaj7
Cm
Eb11
F11
The
Dm
birds like tender babies in your
F
hands and the old men playing
Eb
checkers
by the
Gm
trees.
Eb
Gm
Bb
Ab
Bb
chorus
Ab
|(3
Ebmaj7
/4)....
Gm7
....
Dm7
.....
Cmaj7
|.....
Am7
....
Fmaj9
......
Bm
....
F
|(
E9
4/4
Fmaj7
).....
Bbmaj7
.......
Eb
...
Ab
|
Abmaj7
|.........
Ab7
.........
Db
|...................|.........
Bbm6
...........
F
|
F
There will be another song for
Fmaj7
me for I will
Bbmaj7
sing
Bb6
it.
Bbdim
There will be another dream for me someone will
Fmaj9
bring
F
it.
Fmaj9
F
Bbmaj7
I will drink the wine while it is warm.
Gm6
And never let you catch me
Am7
looking at the sun.
D7
C
D7
And
Gm
after all the loves of my
C11
life.
Fmaj7
After all the
F
loves of my
Bbmaj7
life you'll still be the
Ebmaj7
one.
C11
I will
F
take my life into my hand
Fmaj7
s and I will
Bbmaj7
use it
Bb6
.
Bbdim
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will
Fmaj9
lose
F
it.
Fmaj9
F
I will
Bbmaj7
have the things that I desire.
Gm6
And my passion flow like
Am7
rivers to the sky.
D7
C
D7
And
Gm
after all the loves of my
C11
life.
Oh,
Fmaj7
after all the loves of my
Bbmaj7
life I'll be
Bb
thinking of
Eb
you.
C7(sus4)
And wondering
Dm
why.
Bb
Dm
F
Bb
F
#break (play it twice)
Eb
|...........
Gm
|.....
Eb
....
Gm
......
Bb
|........
Ab
|(3
Ebmaj7
/4)........
Eb11
|....
F11
....
Dm9
.....
Fmaj9
......
Gm
|(2/2).
C
......
Gm7
|....
D11
......
Gm
|...
C
....
Gm7
|.....
D11
......
Gm7
|.....
C
....
Gm7
|.....
D11
.....
Gm7
|....
C
..
Gm7
|......
Am7
......
Dm
|.....
G
.....
Dm7
|.....
G
....
Dm
|....
G
....
Dm7
|.....
G
..
Ebmaj9
|(3/4........|..........
D11
|(2/2)....
Ebmaj9
|(3/4)..
Emaj9
|.....
Bbmaj9
.......
Ebmaj9
.......
Bbmaj9
........
Am7
|(2/2)
D11
......
Ebmaj9
|(3/4)....|.......
F6
|(2/4)..|
G
|(2/
A7
2)...
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
|(1st).
Ab7
....:|(
Gb
2nd)(4/4)
#finale(4/4)
Bb
Db
F
MacArthur park
Bb
is melt
F
ing i
Fmaj7
n the dark. All the sweet green icing
F11
flowing dow
F7
n
Bb
Someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't
Dm
think that I can take it.
Cause it took so long to bake. And I'll
G9
never have that recipe
Bbm
again.
Oh
F
no.
C11
Oh
Ab
no.
Fm
Gb
Bbsus4
No
Bb
Eb
Oh
Bb
no
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