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When you’re (Am)young and so in (Am)love as (Am7)we,
(Am6)and be (Dm)wil dered by the (Dm)world we (Dm7)see,
why do (Bbdim)peo ple hurt us (A7)so, on ly (Dm)those in love would know.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (B)can (E7)do!
If we (Am)stop to gaze up (Am)on a (Am7)star,
peo ple (Dm)talk a bout how (Dm)bad we (Dm7)are,
ours is (Bbdim)not an eas y (A7)age, we’re like (Dm)ti gers in a cage.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (G)can (C)do!
The (C7)young have (F)prob lems, man y prob lems, we need an un der stand (Eb7)ing (D7)heart.
Why don’t they (G)help us, try to help us, be fore this (Dm)clay and (Dm7)gran ite (F#dim)plan et falls a (G7)part!
(E)Take these (Am)ea ger lips and (Am)hold me (Am7)fast,
(Am6)I’m a (Dm)fraid this kind of (Dm)joy can’t (Dm7)last,
how can (Gm)we keep love a (A7)live, how can (Dm)an y thing sur vive, when these (C)lit tle (Cb)minds (G7)tear (G)you in (E7)two.
What a (F)town with out (G7)pit y (G)can (E)do!
(E7)No, it (Am)is n’t ver y (Ab7)pret ty (G7)what a (Gb7)town with (F7)out (E7)pit y (E7#5)can (Am)do.
(E)When you’re (Am)young and so in (Am)love as (Am7)we,
(Am6)and be (Dm)wil dered by the (Dm)world we (Dm7)see,
why do (Bbdim)peo ple hurt us (A7)so, on ly (Dm)those in love would know.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (B)can (E7)do!
If we (Am)stop to gaze up (Am)on a (Am7)star,
peo ple (Dm)talk a bout how (Dm)bad we (Dm7)are,
ours is (Bbdim)not an eas y (A7)age, we’re like (Dm)ti gers in a cage.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (G)can (C)do!
The (C7)young have (F)prob lems, man y prob lems, we need an un der stand (Eb7)ing (D7)heart.
Why don’t they (G)help us, try to help us, be fore this (Dm)clay and (Dm7)gran ite (F#dim)plan et falls a (G7)part!
(E)Take these (Am)ea ger lips and (Am)hold me (Am7)fast,
(Am6)I’m a (Dm)fraid this kind of (Dm)joy can’t (Dm7)last,
how can (Gm)we keep love a (A7)live, how can (Dm)an y thing sur vive, when these (C)lit tle (Cb)minds (G7)tear (G)you in (E7)two.
What a (F)town with out (G7)pit y (G)can (E)do!
(E7)No, it (Am)is n’t ver y (Ab7)pret ty (G7)what a (Gb7)town with (F7)out (E7)pit y (E7#5)can (Am)do.
(E)When you’re (Dm)do.
This page shows “Town Without Pity” by Gene Pitney in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.