No Pity (In The Naked City) Chords & Lyrics by Jackie Wilson

No Pity (In The Naked City)

guitar chords lyrics

Jackie Wilson

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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