| G | G | D | D |
| C | D | G | G |
[Verse 1]
G G Am D Am D
There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar,
C D G G
great expectations, everybody's watching you.
G G Am D Am D
People you meet they all seem to know you,
C D G B7
even your old friends treat you like you're something new.
[Chorus]
Em A Em A
Johnny come lately, the new kid in town,
Em A C D
everybody loves you, so, don't let them down.
[Verse 2]
G* N.C. Am D C D
You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
C D G G
hopeless romantics, here we go again.
G G Am D Am D
But after a while you're looking the other way,
C D G B7
it's those restless hearts that never mend.
[Chorus]
Em A Em A
Johnny come lately, the new kid in town,
Em A C D
will she still love you when you 're not around?
[Interlude]
| G | G | D | D |
| C | D | G | C |
[Bridge] (To Key Change)
D D G G
There's so many things you should have told her
D D Em
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
A Eb F
just hold her tears on your shoulder.
[Verse 3] (Key Change to Bb)
Bb Bb Cm F Cm F
There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you
Eb F Bb Bb
that it doesn't really matter which side you're on.
Bb Bb Cm F Cm F
You're walking away and they're talking behind you,
Eb F Bb D
they will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along.
[Chorus]
Gm C Gm C
Where you've been lately? There's a new kid in town.
Gm C Eb D
Everybody loves him, don't they? Now he's holding her
G Bm C D
and you're still around, oh my.
[Outro] (Key Change to G; To Fade Out)
G Bm C
There's a new kid in town,
D G Bm C Cm
just another new kid in town.
G G Em Em
Oh, oh, everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town,
G G Em Em
oh, oh, everybody's walking like the new kid in town.
G G
There's a new kid in town, I don't want to hear it,
Em Em
there's a new kid in town, I don't want to hear it.
G G Em Em
There's a new kid in town, there's a new kid in town.
G G
There's a new kid in town, everybody's talking,
Em Em
there's a new kid in town, people started walking, ...