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Town Without Pity

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   Bm     Em     GmF#us4    F#  
Bm7When you're young and so in love as we 
And beEmwildered by the EmMaj7world we see Em7  A/C#  
Why do C6people hurt us B7so 
Only Emthose in love would Gmknow 
What a D/Atown witAaughout   C#m7b5pity      G7can F#7do
Bm(7)If we stop to gaze upon the stars 
People Emtalk about how EmMaj7bad we  Em7are A/C#  
Ours is C6not an easy B7age 
We're like Emtigers in a Gmcage 
What a D/Atown witAaughout   Gpity Acan Ddo Am  D7  
Verse:
The young have Gproblems,    G6many Gmaj7problems G6  
We need an GundersFtanding Esus4heart E  
Why don't they Ahelp us,    A6try to Amaj7help us F#m  
Before this Bmclay and granit Eplanet falls aApart F#  
Take these Bmeager lips and hold me fast 
I'm afEmraid this kind of EmMaj7joy can't lEm7ast A/C#  
How can C6we keep love alB7ive 
How can Emanything surGmvive 
When these D/Alittle mAauginds   C#m7b5tear      G7you in F#7two 
What a Gtown without Apity can Ddo 
GmOoh ooh...
Solo
Cm    Fm   FmMaj7   Fm7    Bb/D
How can C#6we keep love aliC7ve 
How can Fmanything surGmvive 
When these D#/A#little    A#augminds   Dm7b5tear you G#7in      G7two 
What a G#maj7town    without   G#6pity      can    G#sus4doG#7  
No it Csus2isn't    Cmvery    CmMaj7pretty 
Cm7What a Abm7town witG#hout pG7ity can Cmdo
Cm   Fm   Cm

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Town Without Pity

by Stray Cats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

EmMaj7

Em7

A/C#

D/A

Aaug

C#m7b5

F#7

Bm(7)

Gmaj7

Bm Em Gm F#

F#us4

Bm7

When you're young and so in love as we

Em EmMaj7 Em7 A/C#

And bewildered by the world we see

C6 B7

Why do people hurt us so

Em Gm

Only those in love would know

D/A Aaug C#m7b5 G7 F#7

What a town without pity can do

Bm(7)

If we stop to gaze upon the stars

Em EmMaj7 Em7 A/C#

People talk about how bad we are

C6 B7

Ours is not an easy age

Em Gm

We're like tigers in a cage

D/A Aaug G A D Am D7

What a town without pity can do

Verse:

G G6 Gmaj7 G6

The young have problems, many problems

G F Esus4 E

We need an understanding heart

A A6 Amaj7 F#m

Why don't they help us, try to help us

Bm E A F#

Before this clay and granit planet falls apart

Take these eager lips and hold me fast

Em EmMaj7 Em7 A/C#

I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last

C6 B7

How can we keep love alive

Em Gm

How can anything survive

D/A Aaug C#m7b5 G7 F#7

When these little minds tear you in two

G A D

What a town without pity can do

Ooh ooh...

Solo

Cm Fm FmMaj7 Fm7 Bb/D

C#6 C7

How can we keep love alive

Fm Gm

How can anything survive

D#/A# A#aug Dm7b5 G#7 G7

When these little minds tear you in two

G#maj7 G#6 G#sus4 G#7

What a town without pity can do

Csus2 Cm CmMaj7

No it isn't very pretty

Cm7 Abm7 G# G7 Cm

What a town without pity can do

Cm Fm Cm

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