Intro
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[Verse 1]
C Gsus2 G Gsus2 G
There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
F G C
Great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
C Gsus2 G Gsus2 G
People you meet they all seem to know you,
F G C E7sus4 G#7
even your old friends treat you like you're somethin' new.
[Chorus]
Am D
Johnny come lately,
Am D
the new kid in town.
Am D
Ev'rybody loves you,
Dm7 G
so don't let them down.
[Verse 2]
C Dm7 G Dm7 G
You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
F G C C
hopeless romantics, here we go again.
C Gsus2 G Gsus2 G
But after a while you're lookin' the other way,
F G C E7sus4 G#7
it's those restless hearts that never mend. oohh ohh
[Chorus]
Am D
Johnny come lately,
Am D
the new kid in town.
Am D
Will she still love you
Dm7 G7
when you're not around?
[Bridge]
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G C F C G F C G
There's so many things you should have told her,
G Am
But night after night you're willing to hold her,
D Fm7 Fm7/A# A#
just hold her, tears on your shoul - der.
[Verse 3]
D# Fm7 A# Fm7 A#
There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you.
G# A# D#
Doesn't really matter which side you're on.
D# Fm7 A# Fm7 A#
You're walkin' away and they're talkin' behind you,
G# A# D# G7
they will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along.
[Chorus]
Cm7 F
Where've you been lately?
Cm7 F
There's a new kid in town.
Cm7 F
Ev'rybody loves him (don't they?)
Fm7 G7
And he's holdin' her and you're still
C Em7 F
a roou ou ou ound oh my my
[Outro]
G C Em7 F
There's a new kid in towww, oww oww oww
G C Em7 F Fm7
just another new kid in tow oww oww oww
C Am
(Oo-hoo) Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
C Am
(Oo-hooh) Ev'rybody's walkin' like the new kid in town.
[Outro]
C C
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
Am Am
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
C C
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
Am Am
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)