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 Roge