• Song:

    TOWN WITHOUT PITY

  • Artist:

    Gene Pitney

  • Album:

    The Definitive Collecti...

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                          "Town Without Pity"
                   (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 aguitar (x02210@1)on the record.]

Intro:

	Bmadd9        Emadd9
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

	G9 (x2323x@1)        F#7sus4 (242422@1)name="chord_2x2332@1">F#7+5
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

	             Bm (x24432@1)When you're young and so in love as we
	       Em (022000@1)And bewildered by the world we see
	     F#m7-5/C         B7 (x21202@1)Why do people hurt us so
	      Em7                Gm6 (3x5353@1)Only those in love would know
	       D/A (x00232@1)    A+  G6 (320000@1) C#7-5 (x1213x@4)name="chord_242422@1">F#7sus4 F#7+5-9
	                       [x3400x]        [21203x]
	What atown (x02210@1)without pity  can   do

Verse 2:

	If we stop to gaze upon astar (x02210@1)	People talk about how bad we are
	Ours is not an easy age
	We're like tigers in acage (x02210@1)	        A13 (x05422@1)  A7+5 (x03021@1)A7 (x02020@1)A13 (x05422@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D   Am7/E D7/F# (200212@1)What atown (x02210@1)without pity can do

Bridge:

	                G (320003@1)     G6/D     Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)   G6/D
	The young have problems      many problems
	            G (320003@1) Bm7-5 /F E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_020130@1">E7
	We need an understanding heart
	                A (x02220@1)    A6/E        Amaj7 (x02120@1)  F#m (244222@1)Why don't they help us      try and help us
	             Bm[N.C.] (x24432@1)       E[N.C.] (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)  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 (x00232@1)   A+    G6 (320000@1)name="chord_x1213x@4">C#7-5 F#7sus4 (242422@1)name="chord_242352@1">F#7
	When these little minds tear you in two
	       Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)       A7 (x02020@1)    D (xx0232@1)   G7+5 (3x3443@1)What atown (x02210@1)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 (x3101x@1) Cm6 (x3121x@1) Cm/maj7  Cm (x3101x@1)/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

	Fm (133111@1) Fm6 (1x3131@1)Fm/maj7 Fmadd9
	/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

	     Gm7-5/Db          C7 (x32310@1)How can we keep love alive
	        Fm7 (131141@1)       Abm6 (xx1101@1)How can anything survive
	          Eb/Bb (x43121@3)  Bb+  Ab6 (xx1111@1)D7-5 (x1213x@5)G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1)When these little minds tear you in two
	       Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)            G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1)What atown (x02210@1)without pity can do

Coda:

	       Cm (x3101x@1)        /B    /Bb     /A      /Ab  G[N.C.] (320003@1)	No, it isn't very pretty what atown (x02210@1)without pity
	        Cm (x3101x@1)Ca-A-an do

	                                       1  11
	    (Cm)         Fm (133111@1)       Cm9/maj7 [808820]
	     /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /
	(...do)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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