No Pity (In the Naked City):Jackie Wilson.
#25 on R&B and #59 on Hot 100 on KENT Records
in 1965.

INTRO: G C G C

#1.
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)   CMmm-hmm, (x32010@1)there's no pity....in the naked city, yeah.
            G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)                  GWhen (320003@1)you're all alone....and all your hard-earned 
        Cmoney's (x32010@1)gone.

CHORUS:
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)               CThere (x32010@1)just ain't no pity (there is no pity)..
C (x32010@1)                      Gno, (320003@1)no, no, in the naked city..yeah, yeah, yeah.. 
          C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
(New York City.) unnh, help me now, mmm-hmm..

#2.
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)         CYou (x32010@1)go walkin' down Broadway....watchin' people catch the 
G (320003@1)    Csubway. (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)              
Take it from me....don't ask for a helpin' hand....
C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)mmmmm, cause no one will understand.

CHORUS:
C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)                      CAaahhh, (x32010@1)there's no pity, yeah..(there is no pity)..
C (x32010@1)                      GNo, (320003@1)no, no, in the naked city, yeah, yeah..
          C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
(New York City) oh, help me now, mmm-hmm.

BRIDGE:
 Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab(There's (xx1114@1)no pity) Folks that don't know think it's 
     Bb (x1333x@1)            Abvery (xx1114@1)nice..(New York City.)
Ab (xx1114@1)                                            BbIt's (x1333x@1)the only place I know where hearts turn to ice.
            Ab(There's (xx1114@1)no pity.)
Ab (xx1114@1)                                            BbYou (x1333x@1)can have a room and your neighbor next door will 
                                             Abswear (xx1114@1)to someone, like the iceman, you don't live 
                         Bbthere (x1333x@1)no more..(New York City.)

(INTERLUDE:)  Bm7 Bb Am7 D

#3.
      G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)                       GMmmm, (320003@1)bright lights will find you....and they will mess you
       Caround. (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                        CLet (x32010@1)me tell ya....millions will watch you....have mercy now..
                  G (320003@1)                Cas (x32010@1)you sink right down to the ground.

OUTRO:
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)               CAaaahhh...there's (x32010@1)no pity (there is no pity)..
C (x32010@1)                      Gno, (320003@1)no, no, in the naked city..yeah, yeah, yeah.. 
          C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      
(New York City.) come on, help me now..
             C (x32010@1)                         G(there (320003@1)is no pity) aaahhhhhh..there's no pity..
 C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)  C(in (x32010@1)New York City)..(Fade.)

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