Intro:
E | E | fis B | fis B | A | B | E | E |

Verse 1:
E | E | fis B | fis B |
There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
A | B | E | E |
great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
E | E | fis B | fis7 B |
People you meet they all seem to know you,
A | B | E | Gissus4 Ab7 |
even your old friends treat you like you're somethin' new.

Chorus:
cis | F# |
Johnny come lately,
cis | F# |
the new kid in town.
cis | F# |
Ev'rybody loves you,
fis | B7 |
so don't let them down.

Verse 2:
E | E | fis B | fis B |
You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
A | B | E | E |
hopeless romantics, here we go again.
E | E | fis B | fis7 B |
But after a while you're lookin' the other way,
A | B | E | Gissus4 Ab7 |
it's those restless hearts that never mend.

Chorus:
cis | F# |
Johnny come lately,
cis | F# |
the new kid in town.
cis | F# |
Will she still love you
fis7 | B7 |
when you're not around?

Bridge:
E | E | B | B | A | B | E | A E fis E |

B7 | B7 | E | E |
There's so many things you should have told her,
B7 | B7 | C#m |
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
B Fis7 | a7 | C D |
just hold her, tears on your shoulder.

Verse 3:
G | G | a7 D | a7 D |
There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you.
C | D | G | G |
Doesn't really matter which side you're on.
G | G | a7 D | D7 |
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:
e7 | A |
Where've you been lately?
e7 | A |
There's a new kid in town.
e7 | A |
Ev'rybody loves him (don't they?)
a7 | B7 | E | gis7 | A |
Now he's holdin' her and you're still around.

Outro:
B7 | E | gis7 | A |
There's a new kid in town,
B7 | E | gis7 | A | a7 | E |
just another new kid in town.
E | cis | cis | E |
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
E | cis | C#m |
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.

E | E |
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
cis | C#m |
There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)