|E              |E              |Bsus2   B      |Bsus2   B    |
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

  |A              |B              |E              |E             |  
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

   
[Verse 1]

E                                             Bsus2   B    Bsus2  B
   There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
A            B                    E         
  Great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
E                                   Bsus2     B    Bsus2  B
   People you meet they all seem to know you,
A            B                                 E              G#7sus4 G#7
   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#m7                  B
    so don't let them down.


[Verse 2]
   
E                                  F#m7      B     F#m7   B
   You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
A             B                   E     E
   hopeless romantics, here we go again.
E                                       Bsus2  B    Bsus2  B
   But after a while you're lookin' the other  way,
           A            B                 E     G#7sus4  G#7
it's those     restless hearts that never mend.             oohh ohh


[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   G#m F#m E |
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

                                                      ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
B                                          E          A  E  B  A  E  B 
    There's so many things you should have told her,
                B                       C#m
But night after night you're willing to hold her,
     F#        Am7           Am7/D   D
just hold her, tears on your shoul - der.


[Verse 3]

G                                              Am7  D    Am7 D
   There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you.
C                 D                 G         
   Doesn't really matter which side you're on.
G                                            Am7  D      Am7 D
   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                    
    And he's holdin' her and you're still 
  E          G#m7        A
a roou ou ou ound  oh my my


[Outro]

B                       E      G#m7      A
   There's a new kid in towww, oww   oww oww
B                       E    G#m7     A     Am7
just another new kid in tow  oww  oww oww
 E                                     C#m             
(Oo-hoo) Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
 E                                     C#m             
(Oo-hooh) Ev'rybody's walkin' like 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)
          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)