Intro:
   E | E | F#m B | F#m B | A | B | E | E |

Verse 1:
   E           | E       | F#m B | F#m B |
   There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
   A        | B          | E       | E |
   great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
   E          | E                 | F#m  B  | F#m7 B |
   People you meet they all seem to know you,
   A         | B                             | E            | Absus4 Ab7 |
   even your old friends treat you like you're somethin' new.

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

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

Bridge:
   E | E | B | B | A | B | E | A E F#m 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    F#7 | Am7        | C    D  |
   just hold her, tears on your shoulder.

Verse 3:
   G                 | G                     | Am7  D  | Am7 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         | Am7  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:
   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.

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