No Pity In The Naked City

No Pity (In the Naked City):Jackie Wilson.

#25 on R&B and #59 on Hot 100 on KENT Records

in 1965.



INTRO: G C G C



#1.

C                   G       C            G     C

Mmm-hmm, there's no pity....in the naked city, yeah.

            G    C                    G

When you're all alone....and all your hard-earned 

        C

money's gone.



CHORUS:

C                   G                 C

There just ain't no pity (there is no pity)..

C                        G

no, no, no, in the naked city..yeah, yeah, yeah.. 

          C                    G        C   G C

(New York City.) unnh, help me now, mmm-hmm..



#2.

C                   G           C

You go walkin' down Broadway....watchin' people catch the 

G      C

subway.

C                        G                      C                

Take it from me....don't ask for a helpin' hand....

C                             G      C 

mmmmm, cause no one will understand.



CHORUS:

C                  G                        C

Aaahhh, there's no pity, yeah..(there is no pity)..

C                        G

No, no, no, in the naked city, yeah, yeah..

          C                 G        C   G C

(New York City) oh, help me now, mmm-hmm.



BRIDGE:

 Bb         Ab

(There's no pity) Folks that don't know think it's 

     Bb              Ab

very nice..(New York City.)

Ab                                              Bb

It's the only place I know where hearts turn to ice.

            Ab

(There's no pity.)

Ab                                              Bb

You can have a room and your neighbor next door will 

                                             Ab

swear to someone, like the iceman, you don't live 

                         Bb

there no more..(New York City.)





(INTERLUDE:)  Bm7 Bb Am7 D 



#3.

      G                  C                         G

Mmmm, bright lights will find you....and they will mess you

       C

around.

C                 G                          C

Let me tell ya....millions will watch you....have mercy now..

                  G                  C

as you sink right down to the ground.



OUTRO:

C                    G                 C

Aaaahhh...there's no pity (there is no pity)..

C                        G

no, no, no, in the naked city..yeah, yeah, yeah.. 

          C               G        

(New York City.) come on, help me now..

             C                           G

(there is no pity) aaahhhhhh..there's no pity..

 C           G    C

(in New York City)..(Fade.)





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