"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 a guitar on the record.]

Intro:

Bmadd9Bmadd9 Piano Chord 
        Emadd9Emadd9 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

G9G9 Piano Chord 
          F#7sus4 F#7+5F#7+5 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

BmBm Piano Chord 

When you're young and so in love as we
EmEm Piano Chord 

And bewildered by the world we see
F#m7-5/C         B7B7 Piano Chord 

Why do people hurt us so
Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
                Gm6Gm6 Piano Chord 

Only those in love would know
D/AD/A Piano Chord 
      A+A+ Piano Chord 
  G6G6 Piano Chord 
   C#7-5C#7-5 Piano Chord 
 F#7sus4 F#7+5-9F#7+5-9 Piano Chord 

[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
A13A13 Piano Chord 
    A7+5A7+5 Piano Chord 
  A7A7 Piano Chord 
  A13A13 Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
   Am7/EAm7/E Piano Chord 
 D7/F#
What a town without pity can do

Bridge:

GG Piano Chord 
       G6/D     Gmaj7Gmaj7 Piano Chord 
     G6/D
The young have problems      many problems
GG Piano Chord 
   Bm7-5Bm7-5 Piano Chord 
 /F E7sus4E7sus4 Piano Chord 
 E7E7 Piano Chord 

We need an understanding heart
AA Piano Chord 
      A6/EA6/E Piano Chord 
        Amaj7Amaj7 Piano Chord 
    F#mF#m Piano Chord 

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/AD/A Piano Chord 
     A+A+ Piano Chord 
    G6G6 Piano Chord 
 C#7-5C#7-5 Piano Chord 
 F#7sus4 F#7F#7 Piano Chord 

When these little minds tear you in two
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Piano Chord 
         A7A7 Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
     G7+5G7+5 Piano Chord 

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):

CmCm Piano Chord 
   Cm6Cm6 Piano Chord 
   Cm/maj7  CmCm Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

FmFm Piano Chord 
   Fm6Fm6 Piano Chord 
  Fm/maj7 Fmadd9Fmadd9 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Gm7-5/Db          C7C7 Piano Chord 

How can we keep love alive
Fm7Fm7 Piano Chord 
         Abm6Abm6 Piano Chord 

How can anything survive
Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 
    Bb+Bb+ Piano Chord 
  Ab6Ab6 Piano Chord 
  D7-5D7-5 Piano Chord 
  G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
  G7G7 Piano Chord 

When these little minds tear you in two
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Piano Chord 
              G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
  G7G7 Piano Chord 

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
CmCm Piano Chord 

Ca-a-an do

1  11
(Cm)         FmFm Piano Chord 
         Cm9/maj7 [808820]
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /
(...do)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers