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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,
B F#7 | Am7 | C D |
just hold her, tears on your shoulder.
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.
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)
