[Intro]

        


[Verse]
 
             
 There’s talk 

              
on the street,

              
 it sounds so 

          
fa-miliar.
             
 Great expecta

             
-ations, every

       
body’s watchin

g yo-ou.
             
 People you me

              
et they all se

         
em to know you

       
,
            
 Even your old

              
 friends treat

              
 you like you’

             
re something n

     
ew.


[Chorus]

          
     Johnny-co

#
me-la-ately,
           
    The new ki

     
d in town,
           
    Everybody 


lo-oves you,
          
    So don’t l

             
et them do-o-o

   
wn.


[Verse] (Song slows down)


You look in he

r eyes,
             
The music be-g

#       
ins to play.
             
  Hopeless ro-

             
ma-antics, her

          
e we go a-ga-a

in.
             
 But after a w

              
hile you’re lo

          
oking the othe

        
r way.
             
It’s those    

             
re-estle-ess h

              
ea-arts that n

              
e-ever me-end.


[Chorus]

           
   Johnny-come

 
-la-ately,
           
    The new ki

    
d in town,
           
    Will she s

     
till lo-ve you

,
          
    When you'r

             
e not arou-u-u

     
-u-u-und.


[Instrmental]

         


[Bridge]

             
   There’s so 

              
many things yo

              
u should have 

  
to-old her
             
   But night a

              
fter night you

              
’re willing to

  
 ho-old her,
       
Just ho-old  h

#
er

(Key Change to G)
           
Tears on your 

   
shou-ul-der.


[Verse]

             
 There’s talk 

         
on the street,

              
 it’s there to

          
 remi-i-ind yo

   
u
             
 That it doesn

             
’t really ma-a

              
t-ter which si

  
de you’re on.
             
 You’re walkin

         
g a-wa-ay and 

              
they’re talkin

           
g behi-i-ind  

        
you.
             
They will neve

              
r forget you t

             
ill somebody n

             
ew comes alo-o

     
ng.

(Play the Em7 chord with a loud ring after the bass notes are played (G,F#,E))


[Chorus]

Em7             A (strum the highest 4 strings downwards, note-by-note)
 Where you been la-ately?
(Play the Em7 chord with a loud ring after the bass notes are played (G,F#,E))

Em7                   A (strum the highest 4 strings downwards, note-by-note)
 There’s a new kid in town.
(Play the Em7 chord with a loud ring after the bass notes are played 
(G,F#,E))

Em7        A (strum the highest 4 strings downwards, note-by-note)
 Everybody lo-oves him, don’t they?
           
Now he’s holdi

   
ng her


(Key change back to E)
              
And you’re sti

          
ll aro-o-o-o-o

          
und, oh my my.
       
       There’s

        
 a new ki-id i

     
n to-o- o-own,
       
Just an-other 

       
new ki-id in t

    
o-o-o- o-own.

 
Oo-   hoo,
                              C#msus4    C#m
everybody’s talking ’bout the new kid in town.
                              Oo-        hoo,
 
Oo-   hoo,
                              C#msus4    C#m
Everybody’s  walking like the new kid in town.
                              Oo-        hoo,

          
There’s a new 

kid in town I 

don’t want to 

hear it
          
There’s a new 

kid in town I 

don’t want to 

hear it
          
There’s a new 

kid in town
          
There’s a new 

kid in town
          
There’s a new 

kid in town (E

verybody’s tal

king
          
There’s a new 

kid in town (P

eople started 

walking)
          
There’s a new 

kid in town
          
There’s a new 

kid in town

(repeat & fade)