Chords with lyrics
No Pity (In the Naked City):Jackie Wilson.
59 on Hot 100 on KENT Records
in 1965.
INTRO: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
#1.
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Mmm-hmm, there's no pity....in the naked city, yeah.
G+G C majorC G+G
When you're all alone....and all your hard-earned
C majorC
money's gone.
CHORUS:
C majorC G+G C majorC
There just ain't no pity (there is no pity)..
C majorC G+G
no, no, no, in the naked city..yeah, yeah, yeah..
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
(New York City.) unnh, help me now, mmm-hmm..
#2.
C majorC G+G C majorC
You go walkin' down Broadway....watchin' people catch the
G+G C majorC
subway.
C majorC G+G C majorC
Take it from me....don't ask for a helpin' hand....
C majorC G+G C majorC
mmmmm, cause no one will understand.
CHORUS:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Aaahhh, there's no pity, yeah..(there is no pity)..
C majorC G+G
No, no, no, in the naked city, yeah, yeah..
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
(New York City) oh, help me now, mmm-hmm.
BRIDGE:
Bb majorBb AbAb
(There's no pity) Folks that don't know think it's
Bb majorBb AbAb
very nice..(New York City.)
AbAb Bb majorBb
It's the only place I know where hearts turn to ice.
AbAb
(There's no pity.)
AbAb Bb majorBb
You can have a room and your neighbor next door will
AbAb
swear to someone, like the iceman, you don't live
Bb majorBb
there no more..(New York City.)
(INTERLUDE:) Bm7Bm7 Bb majorBb Am7Am7 D MajorD
#3.
G+G C majorC G+G
Mmmm, bright lights will find you....and they will mess you
C majorC
around.
C majorC G+G C majorC
Let me tell ya....millions will watch you....have mercy now..
G+G C majorC
as you sink right down to the ground.
OUTRO:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Aaaahhh...there's no pity (there is no pity)..
C majorC G+G
no, no, no, in the naked city..yeah, yeah, yeah..
C majorC G+G
(New York City.) come on, help me now..
C majorC G+G
(there is no pity) aaahhhhhh..there's no pity..
C majorC G+G C majorC
(in New York City)..(Fade.)
A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.