Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

(Dmitri Tiomkin - Ned Washington)



[Notes: 1) the time signature is 12/8, but is notated throughout as 4/4;

2) as usual, the chords notated here are a composite of the various

parts - I don't think there even is a guitar on the record.]



Intro:



Bmadd9 Emadd9

/ / / / / / / /



G9 F#7sus4 F#7+5

/ / / / / / / /



Verse 1:



Bm

When you're young and so in love as we

Em

And bewildered by the world we see

F#m7-5/C B7

Why do people hurt us so

Em7 Em7-5/G

Only those in love would know

D/A A+ G6 C#7-5 F#7sus4 F#7+5-9

[x3400x] [21203x]

What a town without pity can do



Verse 2:



If we stop to gaze upon a star

People talk about how bad we are

Ours is not an easy age

We're like tigers in a cage

A13 A7+5 A7 A13 D Am7/E D7/F#

What a town without pity can do



Bridge:



G G6/D Gmaj7 G6/D

The young have problems, many problems

G Bm7-5 /F E7sus4 E7

We need an understanding heart

A A6/E Amaj7 F#m

Why don't they help us, try and help us

Bm [N.C.] E [N.C.] A F#7+5-9

Before this clay and granite planet falls apart



Verse 3:



Take these eager lips and hold me fast

I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last

How can we keep love alive

How can anything survive

D/A A+ G6 C#7-5 F#7sus4 F#7

When these little minds tear you in two

Gmaj7 A7 D G7+5

What a town without pity can do



[key change to Cm]



Instrumental break (first two lines of verse 3, in Cm; chord variations

implied by background vocals):



Cm Cm6 Cm/maj7 Cm

/ / / / / / / /



Fm Fm6 Fm/maj7 Fmadd9

/ / / / / / / /



Gm7-5/Db C7

How can we keep love alive

Fm7 Fm7-5/Ab

How can anything survive

Eb/Bb Bb+ Ab6 D7-5 G7sus4 G7

When these little minds tear you in two

Abmaj7 G7sus4 G7

What a town without pity can do



Coda:



Cm /B /Bb /A /Ab G [N.C.]

No, it isn't very pretty what a town without pity

Cm

Ca-a-an do



1 11

(Cm) Fm Cm9/maj7 [808820]

/ / / / / / / / /

(...do)



?another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers