MacARTHUR PARK Jimmy Webb Richard Harris
| Am /// | //// | Bb /// | 2/4 Gm / | Dm /// | F /// | ¾ Eb^F ~ ^Dm Eb | 3/8 ^Ab Bb |
Am Am/G
||: Spring^was never waiting for^us | girl ~ ^it ran^one step^a |
||: ~ ^I recall the^yellow cotton | dress ~ ^foam ing g^like=a |
Bb Dm F Eb F Dm Eb Ab Bb
| head as^we followed in^the | dance ee // | //// | ¾ ~ ~^~ ~ / | 3/8 ~ ~ ^Be |
| wave ~ on=the ground around^your | knees ss // | //// | ¾ ~ ~^~ ~ / | 3/8 ~ ~ ^The |
Am Am/G
| tween^the parted pages and^were | pressed in^loves hot fevered |
| birds^like tender babies in^your | hands and^the old^man playing |
Bb Dm F Eb F
| iron like^a striped pair^of | pants ss // | //// | // / ~ ^Mac |
| checkers ss / by^the | trees ss // | //// | // / ~ ^Mac |
G GM7
| Arthurs Park^is melting in^the=dark.| kk ~ all=the sweet^green icing |
Dm7 C CM7
| flow ing^down nn nn | Someone left^the cake^out in^the=rain.| nn / I^dont tt |
G Am7
| think^that I^can take^it ~ coz=it | took^so long^to bake^it ~ And=I'll |
G CM7 Bb
| never have^that recipe e^a | gain nn / Oh | no oo oo oo.|
Gm Ab EbM7 Gm Ab G
1. | oo oo // | ¾ ~^~ ~ ~ / :|| 2. | oo oo // | ¾ Eb^BbM7 / Am7 |
| GM7^Am7 ~ ^CM7 Bm7 | 4/4 CM7 / FM7 Bb | Eb /// | EbM7 / Eb7 / | Ab /// |
Bb C CM7 FM7 F6
| // // | //// | //// | There^will be another song^for | me ee ~ ^for I^will | sing g^g i^t tt |
F° C
| //// | There^will be^an ^other dream ^for | me ee ~ ^some one^will | bring g^g i^t tt |
CM7 FM7 Em7
| // / I^will | drink^the wine^while it=is^warm mm.| m^and never let^you catch^me |
Am7 A7 G A7 Dm7 G7
| looking at^the sun nn | // / ~ ^and | after all^the lo=v es of=my | life ee / / |
CM7 C FM7 BbM7 Dm7 G7
| after all^the lo=v es of=my | life ee youll^still be^the | one ee ee / | /// I^will |
C CM7 FM7 F6
| take^my life into my | hands ss and I^will | ~ ^use e^e it / | //// |
F° C
| I^will win^the worship in^their | eyes ss and^I will | lo se i^t tt | /// I^will |
FM7 Em7 Am7
| have^the things^that I^desire ee.| ee and^my passion flow^like | rivers to^the sky yy.|
A7 G A7 Dm7 G7 CM7
| yy yy / ~ ^and | after all^the loves of^my | life // oh | after all^the loves of^my |
FM7 BbM7 G-4 Am
| life I'll^be thinking of | you uu // | / ~ ^and wonder ing | why yy yy yy | CHORUS & fade
About this song:
Macarthur Park is performed by Richard Harris and written by Jimmy Webb.
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