New Kid in Town

Intro: 0:00
E | E | B7 | B7
A | B7 | E | E

Verse 1: 0:18
E
  There's talk on the street,
                B7   | B7
It sounds so familiar.
A             B7
  Great expectations,
             E          | E
Ev'rybody's watching you.
0:36
E
  People you meet
                   B7    | B7
They all seem to know you.
A               B7
  Even your old    friends treat you
             E            F#m7 | G#
Like you're something new.

Chorus: 0:54
C#m            F#
  Johnny come lately,
C#m               F#
  The new kid in town.
C#m          F#
  Ev'rybody loves you,
F#m                  B7
  So don't let them down.

Verse 2: 1:12
E!
  You look in her eyes,
             F#m7     B7 | F#m7 B7
The music begins to play.
A             B7
  Hopeless romantics,
             E  | E
Here we go again.
1:30
E
  But after a while you're looking
    A      B7 | A B7
The other way.
           A           B7
It's those   restless hearts
            E   F#m7 | G#
That never mend.          Oh,

Chorus: 1:49
C#m            F#
  Johnny come lately,
C#m               F#
  The new kid in town.
C#m               F#7
  Will she still love you
F#m                 B7
  When you're not around?

Instrumental: 2:06
E | E | B7 | B7
A | B7 | E | A E F#m7 E

Bridge: 2:24
B7
  There's so many things
                 E      | E
You should have told her,
B7
  But night after night
                   C#m
You're willin' to hold her,
      F#7
Just hold her.

-= Modulation to Key G =-
 Am7            C   D
Tears on your shoulder.

Verse 3: 2:46
G
  There's talk on the street,
                 C       D | C D
It's there to remind you.
C                         D
  That it doesn't really matter
       G            | G:D C
Which side you're on.
3:03
G
  You're walking away and they're
           C       D | C D
Talking behind you.
           C
They will never forget you
      D                   G  | B7
Till somebody new comes along.

Chorus: 3:21
Em                A
  Where you been lately?
Em                      A
  There's a new kid in town.
Em           A
  Everybody loves him, don't they?
Am7                 B7
  And he's holding her

-= Return to Key E =-
3:38
                   E
And you're still around.
G#m7   A
  Oh, my my.
B7
  There's a new kid
    E  | G#m7 | A
In town.
3:54
 B7
Just another new kid
    E  | G#m7 | A | Am
In town.

Coda: 4:05
E
Oo, hoo. Ev'rybody's talking 'bout the
 C#m           | C#m
New kid in town.
(Oo,       hoo.)
E
Oo, hoo. Ev'rybody's walking like the
 C#m           | C#m
New kid in town.
(Oo,       hoo.)
4:22
           E
There's a new kid in town.
E
I don't want to hear it.
           C#m
There's a new kid in town.
C#m
I don't want to hear it.

           E             | E
There's a new kid in town.
Ah,       hoo.
           C#m           | C#m
There's a new kid in town.
4:39
           E
There's a new kid in town.
E
Ev'rybody's talking.
           C#m
There's a new kid in town.
 C#m
People started walking.

           E             | E
There's a new kid in town. Mm.
           C#m           | C#m
There's a new kid in town. Mm.
4:57
           E             | E
There's a new kid in town.
           C#m
There's a new kid in town...