Intro
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[Verse 1]
F Csus2 C Csus2 C
There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
A# C F
Great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
F Csus2 C Csus2 C
People you meet they all seem to know you,
A# C F A7sus4 G#7
even your old friends treat you like you're somethin' new.
[Chorus]
Dm G
Johnny come lately,
Dm G
the new kid in town.
Dm G
Ev'rybody loves you,
Gm7 C
so don't let them down.
[Verse 2]
F Gm7 C Gm7 C
You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
A# C F F
hopeless romantics, here we go again.
F Csus2 C Csus2 C
But after a while you're lookin' the other way,
A# C F A7sus4 G#7
it's those restless hearts that never mend. oohh ohh
[Chorus]
Dm G
Johnny come lately,
Dm G
the new kid in town.
Dm G
Will she still love you
Gm7 C7
when you're not around?
[Bridge]
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C F A# F C A# F C
There's so many things you should have told her,
C Dm
But night after night you're willing to hold her,
G A#m7 A#m7/D# D#
just hold her, tears on your shoul - der.
[Verse 3]
G# A#m7 D# A#m7 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# A#m7 D# A#m7 D#
You're walkin' away and they're talkin' behind you,
C# D# G# C7
they will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along.
[Chorus]
Fm7 A#
Where've you been lately?
Fm7 A#
There's a new kid in town.
Fm7 A#
Ev'rybody loves him (don't they?)
A#m7 C7
And he's holdin' her and you're still
F Am7 A#
a roou ou ou ound oh my my
[Outro]
C F Am7 A#
There's a new kid in towww, oww oww oww
C F Am7 A# A#m7
just another new kid in tow oww oww oww
F Dm
(Oo-hoo) Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
F Dm
(Oo-hooh) Ev'rybody's walkin' like the new kid in town.
[Outro]
F F
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
Dm Dm
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
F F
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
Dm Dm
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)