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)