Intro:
      E5  |  E5  |  F#5 B5  |  F#5 B5  |  A5  |  B5  |  E5  |  E5  | 
Verse 1:
      E5                  |  E5              |  F#5 B5  |  F#5 B5  | 
      There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
      A5         |  B5                    |  E5           |  E5  | 
      great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
      E5           |  E5                  |  F#5  B5   |  F#5 B5  | 
      People you meet they all seem to know you,
      A5          |  B5                              |  E5             |  Ab5 Ab5  | 
      even your old friends treat you like you're somethin' new.

Chorus:
      C#5          |  F#5   | 
      Johnny come lately,
      C#5            |  F#5  | 
      the new kid in town.
      C#5        |  F#5       | 
      Ev'rybody loves you,
      F#5               |  B5  | 
      so don't let them down.

Verse 2:
      E5               |  E5               |  F#5     B5    |  F#5 B5  | 
      You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
      A5         |  B5                   |  E5    |  E5  | 
      hopeless romantics, here we go again.
      E5            |  E5                      |  F#5   B5   |  F#5 B5  | 
      But after a while you're lookin' the other way,
               A5       |  B5                 |  E5    |  Ab5 Ab5  | 
      it's those restless hearts that never mend.

Chorus:
      C#5          |  F#5   | 
      Johnny come lately,
      C#5            |  F#5  | 
      the new kid in town.
      C#5            |  F#5     | 
      Will she still love you
      F#5            |  B5    | 
      when you're not around?

Bridge:
      E5  |  E5  |  B5  |  B5  |  A5  |  B5  |  E5  |  A5 E5 F#5 E5  | 

      B5               |  B5                  |  E5        |  E5  | 
      There's so many things you should have told her,
      B5              |  B5                   |  C#5      | 
      but night after night you're willing to hold her,
           B5    F#5  |  A5         |  C5    D5   | 
      just hold her, tears on your shoulder.

Verse 3:
      G5                  |  G5                      |  A5  D5   |  A5 D5  | 
      There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you.
      C5             |  D5            |  G5         |  G5  | 
      Doesn't really matter which side you're on.
      G5             |  G5                   |  A5  D5   |  D5  | 
      You're walkin' away and they're talkin' behind you,
              C5                    |  D5                  |  G5    |  B5  | 
      they will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along.

Chorus:
      E5              |  A5     | 
      Where've you been lately?
      E5                 |  A5   | 
      There's a new kid in town.
      E5        |  A5                   | 
      Ev'rybody loves him (don't they?)
      A5              |  B5                  |  E5     |  Ab5  |  A5  | 
      Now he's holdin' her and you're still around.

Outro:
      B5                |  E5    |  Ab5  |  A5  | 
      There's a new kid in town,
      B5                   |  E5    |  Ab5  |  A5  |  A5  |  E5  | 
      just another new kid in town.
      E5                       |  C#5            |  C#5  |  E5  | 
      Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
      E5                       |  C#5            |  C#5  | 
      Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.


              E5               |  E5                      | 
      There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)
              C#5               |  C#5                      | 
        There's a new kid in town, (I don't want to hear it)