[Intro]
E E F#m B F#m B A B E E
[Verse 1]
E E F#m B F#m B
There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
A B E E
great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
E E F#m B F#m7 B
People you meet they all seem to know you,
A B E Absus4 Ab7
even your old friends treat you like you're somethin' new.
[Chorus]
C#m F#
Johnny come lately,
C#m F#
the new kid in town.
C#m F#
Ev'rybody loves you,
F#m B7
so don't let them down.
[Verse 2]
E E F#m B F#m B
You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
A B E E
hopeless romantics, here we go again.
E E F#m B F#m7 B
But after a while you're lookin' the other way,
A B E Absus4 Ab7
it's those restless hearts that never mend.
[Chorus]
C#m F#
Johnny come lately,
C#m F#
the new kid in town.
C#m F#
Will she still love you
F#m7 B7
when you're not around?
[Bridge]
E E B B A B E A E F#m E
B7 B7 E E
There's so many things you should have told her,
B7 B7 C#m
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
F#7 Am7 Am7/D D
just hold her, tears on your shoul der.
[Verse 3]
G G Am7 D Am7 D
There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you.
C D G G
Doesn't really matter which side you're on.
G G Am7 D D7
You're walkin' away and they're talkin' behind you,
C D G B7
they will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along.
[Chorus]
Em7 A
Where've you been lately?
Em7 A
There's a new kid in town.
Em7 A
Ev'rybody loves him (don't they?)
Am7 B7 E Abm7 A
Now he's holdin' her and you're still around.
[Outro]
B7 E Abm7 A
There's a new kid in town,
B7 E Abm7 A Am7 E
just another new kid in town.
E C#m C#m E
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
E C#m C#m
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
[Outro]
E E
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
C#m C#m
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
