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Town Without Pity
Words & Music by Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned WashingtonRecorded by Gene Pitney, 1961 (#13
Intro: A9 Am D9 Dm F Bm7-5 E7
(E7) Am A9+5 Am A9+5 Am
When you're young and so in love as we,
Dm D9 Dm D9 Dm
And bewildered by the world we see,
Em7 G/B A7 Dm Gm7 Dm7-5
Why do people hurt us so? Only those in love would know
C G#m7 Fdim Bm7-5 E7-9 E7
What a town without pity can do.
Am A9+5 Am A9+5 Am
If we stop to gaze upon a star,
Dm D9 Dm D9 Dm
People talk about how bad we are.
Am7 G/B A7 Dm Gdim Dm7-5
Ours is not an easy age -- we're like tigers in a cage.
Dm Dm7 G7 Fdim C
What a town without pity can do.
Bridge:
F C7 Gdim F C7
The young have problems, many problems;
Cdim F Bbm7-5 D7sus4 D7
We need an un - der - stand - ing heart.
G D7 Fdim G6 Em
Why don't they help us, try and help us,
Am D [N.C.] G E7-9
Before this clay and granite planet falls apart?
E7 Am A9+5 Am A9+5 Am
Take these eager lips and hold me fast;
Dm D9 Dm D9 Dm
I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last.
Am7 G/B A7 Dm Gdim Dm7-5
How can we keep love alive? How can any - thing sur - vive
C B7 F B7 E7sus 4 E7
When these little minds tear you in two --
FM7 G#7 G7 Bm7-5 C
What a town without pity can do.
Instrumental Interlude: first 2 lines of verse
Am7 G/B A7 Dm Gdim Dm7-5
How can we keep love alive? How can any - thing sur - vive
C B7 F B7 E7sus4 E7
When these little minds tear you in two
C B7 F B7 E7sus4 E7
What a town without pity can do.
Coda:
A9 Am Am+7 Am7 Dm7 Bb9 E
No, it isn't very pretty what a town without pity
Bb9 E7 Am A9 Am Dm D9 Dm Am Bb9 E7 Am
Can----- do.
Had I not seen Pitney in the recently-televised induction into the rock and roll hall of fame, I would probably not have given much thought to including this song. But his performance reminded me that it was not the run-of-the-mill early-60s tune in its construction. Within a day or two of that recognition, I got a request for the chart, so here it is.