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[Intro]
 Em   B   C   G(x2)
[Verse 1]
Your Emskin is warm like an Boven
Your Ckiss is sugary Gsweet
Your Emfingers feel like Bcotton
When you Cput your arms around Gme
It Emfeels like I'm just Bmissing
CSomething whenever you Gleave
We've Emgot all the Bingredients
ExCcept you loving Gme
  AmAnd respectfulBly
[Chorus]
EmI'm not a Bpiece of Ccake
For Gyou to just disEmcard
While you Bwalk aCway
With the Gfrosting of my Emheart
So IB'm taking Cback
What's Gmine, you'll miss
The Emslice of heaven that
I Bgave to you Clast nightG  
[Verse 2]
You Emsmell just like vaBnilla
You Ctaste like butteGrcream
You're Emfilling up my Bsenses
With Cempty caloGries
It Emfeels like I'm just Bmissing
CSomething whenever you Gleave
We've Emgot all the Bingredients
CExcept you needing Gme
   AmSo respectfulBly
[Chorus]
EmI'm not a Bpiece of Ccake
For Gyou to just disEmcard
While you Bwalk aCway
With the Gfrosting of my Emheart
So IB'm taking Cback
What's Gmine, you'll miss
The Emslice of heaven that
I Bgave to you Clast nightG  
[Bridge]
If CI am just a piece of cake
I am just a Empiece of cake
Then, Byou're just a piece of meat
You're just a B7piece of meat to me
[Chorus]
EmI'm not a Bpiece of Ccake
For Gyou to just disEmcard
While you Bwalk aCway
With the Gfrosting of my Emheart
So IB'm taking Cback
What's Gmine, you'll miss
The Emslice of heaven that
I Bgave to you Clast nightG  
[Outro]
The Emslice of heaven that I Bgave
S-S-CSlice of heaven that I Ggave to you
The EmSlice of heaven
That I Bgave to you
Last nightC  G  

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Cake

by Melanie Martinez

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em B C G

(x2)

[Verse 1]

Em B

Your skin is warm like an oven

C G

Your kiss is sugary sweet

Em B

Your fingers feel like cotton

C G

When you put your arms around me

Em B

It feels like I'm just missing

C G

Something whenever you leave

Em B

We've got all the ingredients

C G

Except you loving me

Am B

And respectfully

[Chorus]

Em B C

I'm not a piece of cake

G Em

For you to just discard

B C

While you walk away

G Em

With the frosting of my heart

B C

So I'm taking back

What's mine, you'll miss

The slice of heaven that

B C G

I gave to you last night

[Verse 2]

Em B

You smell just like vanilla

C G

You taste like buttercream

Em B

You're filling up my senses

C G

With empty calories

Em B

It feels like I'm just missing

C G

Something whenever you leave

Em B

We've got all the ingredients

C G

Except you needing me

Am B

So respectfully

[Chorus]

Em B C

I'm not a piece of cake

G Em

For you to just discard

B C

While you walk away

G Em

With the frosting of my heart

B C

So I'm taking back

What's mine, you'll miss

The slice of heaven that

B C G

I gave to you last night

[Bridge]

If I am just a piece of cake

I am just a piece of cake

Then, you're just a piece of meat

You're just a piece of meat to me

[Chorus]

Em B C

I'm not a piece of cake

G Em

For you to just discard

B C

While you walk away

G Em

With the frosting of my heart

B C

So I'm taking back

What's mine, you'll miss

The slice of heaven that

B C G

I gave to you last night

[Outro]

Em B

The slice of heaven that I gave

C G

S-S-Slice of heaven that I gave to you

The Slice of heaven

That I gave to you

C G

Last night

About Cake Chords by Melanie Martinez

Learn how to play Cake by Melanie Martinez with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “Cake chords”, “Cake guitar chords”, or “Melanie Martinez Cake chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy Cake chords and for experienced players who want accurate Cake lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include Em, B, C, G, Am, B7.

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What key is "Cake" in?

The chords for "Cake" show the original chord names (including Em, B, C, G, Am, B7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.