MacArthur Park chords by Hugh Cornwell, JOHN COOPER CLARKE

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Dm
F
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Gsus4
G#
F#dim
C#dim
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C#m
Bdim
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Intro 1

Spring was

Verse 1
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never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
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as we followed in the dance
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Between the parted pages
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that were pressed
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In love's hot, fevered iron,
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like a striped pair of pants
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MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing
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flowing down
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Someone  let the cake out in the rain
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I don't think that I can take it
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Cause it took so long to bake it
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C 
And I'll never have that recipe again
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Oh no
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I recall the yellow cotton dress
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foaming
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like a wave on  the ground around
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your knees
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The birds like tender babies in your hands
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And the old man playing checker
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s   by the trees
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Macarthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing's
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flowing down
C 
Someone let the cake out in the rain
G 
I don't think that I can take it
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Cause it took so long to bake it
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C 
And I'll never have that recipe again
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F#dim 
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Oh no
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C#dim 
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There will be another sign for me,
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for I will sing it
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There will be another dream for me,
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someone will bring it
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I will drink the wine while it is warm
and never let you catch me
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looking at the sun
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And af  ter all the loves of my life
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After all the loves of my life
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You will still be the one
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I will take my life into my hands
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And I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes
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And I wouldn't lose it
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I will have the things that I desire
And my passion for life
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ripples through the sky
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And after all the loves of my life
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Oh, after all the loves of my life
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I'll be thinking of you

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Interlude 1
And wondering why
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Verse 2
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I don't think that I can take it
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Cos it took so long to fake it
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And I'll never    have that
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recipe again
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Oh no
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Oh  no
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