Intro:  E 

               B
What is this I see? 
                                E
They're in the house across the street. 
                    B
A young couple just moving in. 
                                  E
They're looking good, I hope they don't want friends. 
                E7                A
They're holding hands and they're locking lips. 
                   E
Hope my baby - she don't see this. 
                                B
Next thing you know, I'm taking walks in the rain. 
                         E
My neighborhood'll never be the same. 
               A
There goes the neighborhood. 
                          E
If he can do it, she'll expect I should. 
                      B7
A dozen roses, and he loves her cat. 
                            E
Now she'll be wanting me to act like that. 
               E7         A
He treats that woman like she was a queen. 
                    E
Me - I never miss a football game. 
                       B7
Next to nothin', I was lookin' good. 
               E
There goes the neighborhood. 
                             B
Would you look, he's workin' out in the cold. 
                        E
I'm makin' changes by remote control. 
                           B
Now she'll have me workin' round this house. 
                          E
If he don't stop it, I'll have to move out. 
             E7          A
He takes her out in that red Corvette. 
                        E
Makes me sick, I bet it ain't his yet. 
                           B
He's writin' love letters, rubbin' her feet. 
                          E
They're makin' love is so hard on me. 
               A
There goes the neighborhood. 
                          E
If he can do it, she'll expect I should. 
                      B7
A dozen roses, and he loves her cat. 
                            E
Now she'll be wanting me to act like that. 
               E7         A
He treats that woman like she was a queen. 
                    E
Me - I never miss a football game. 
                       B7
Next to nothin', I was lookin' good. 
               E
There goes the neighborhood. 
 

A  E  B7  E 
 
               E7         A
He treats that woman like she was a queen. 
                    E
Me - I never miss a football game. 
                       B7
Next to nothin', I was lookin' good. 
               E
There goes the neighborhood. 
                       B7
Next to nothin', I was lookin' good. 
N.C.             E
There goes the neighborhood.