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New kid in town

E   F#m   B   F#m   B   A   B   E

E                                         F#m B
There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
A          B                      E
great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
E                                F#m  B    F#m7 B
People you meet they all seem to know you,
A           B
even your old friends treat you
            E              Absus4 Ab7
like you're somethin' new.

C#m           F#    C#m             F#
Johnny come lately, the new kid in town.
C#m        F#        F#m                B7
Ev'rybody loves you, so don't let them down.


E                                 F#m     B     F#m B
You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
A          B                    E 
hopeless romantics, here we go again.
E
But after a while you're
                   F#m  B  F#m7  B 
lookin' the other way,
           A        B                E     Absus4  Ab7  
it's those restless hearts that never mend.

C#m           F#    C#m             F#
Johnny come lately, the new kid in town.
C#m             F#       F#m7             B7
Will she still love you, when you're not around?

E   B   A   B   E   A   E   F#m   E
B7                                     E
There's so many things you should have told her,
B7                                     C#m
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
     F#7       Am7           Am7/D  D
just hold her, tears on your shoul..der.
G                   G
There's talk on the street,
                Am7  D   Am7  D
it's there to remind you.
C              D             G
Doesn't really matter which side you're on.
                                         Am7  D    D7
You're walkin' away and they're talkin' behind you,
          C
they will never forget you 'til
D                   G     B7
somebody new comes along.

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.

B7                   E     Abm7  A
There's a new kid in town,
B7                      E     Abm7  A  Am7
just another new kid in town.
E                             C#m             C#m
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
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
          C#m
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)


Chords


  F#m7      Absus4    Ab7       F#7
e|---------|--4------|---2-----|---------|
B|----2----|--4------|-1-------|-2-------|
G|----2----|------6--|-1-------|----3----|
D|----2----|------6--|-1-------|-------4-|
A|---------|--4------|-----3---|---------|
E|----2----|--4------|-------4-|---------|
  Em7       Am7       Abm7      Am7/D 
e|---------|---------|--4------|-------3-|
B|---------|--1------|--4------|-1-------|
G|---------|---------|--4------|----2----|
D|---------|------2--|--4------|---------|
A|---2-----|---------|------6--|---------|
E|---------|---------|--4------|---------|