Originally in E (then G), I play in A (then C)
| A | A | Esus2 | E | Esus2 | E |
| → | → |
| D | E | A | A |
“talk” on the 3, “street” on the 7
| A | Esus2 | E | Esus2 | E |
| There’s talk on the street, it sounds so fa | miliar |
| D | E | A |
| Great expec | tations, ev’rybody’s | watchin’ you |
| A | Esus2 | E | Esus2 | E |
| People you meet they all seem to | know you |
| D | E | A | C#7sus4 | C#7 |
| Even your | old friends treat you like you’re | somethin’ new | → |
| F#m | B |
| Johnny come | lately |
| F#m | B |
| The new kid in | town |
| F#m | B |
| Ev’rybody | loves you |
| Bm7 | E |
| So don’t let them | down |
Let the first chord ring, band back in on “begins”
| A | Bm7 | E | Bm7 | E |
| You look in her eyes, the music be | gins to | play |
| D | E | A |
| Hopeless ro | mantics, here we go again |
| A | Esus2 | E | Esus2 | E |
| But after a while you’re lookin’ the | other | way |
| D | E | A | C#7sus4 | C#7 | |
| It’s those | restless | hearts that never | mend, | oohh ohh |
| F#m | B |
| Johnny come | lately |
| F#m | B |
| The new kid in | town |
| F#m | B |
| Will she still | love you |
| Bm7 | E7 |
| When you’re not | around |
Solo
| A | A | E | E | |||
| D | E | A | D | C#m | Bm | A |
| → | → | → | → |
Bridge
| E | A | D | A | E | D | A | E |
| There’s so many things you should have | told her | → | → | → | → | → |
| E | F#m |
| But night after night you’re willing to | hold her |
| B | Dm7 | Dm7/G | G | |
| Just | hold her, | tears on your | should | er |
| C | Dm7 | G | Dm7 | G |
| There’s talk on the street, it’s there to re | mind | you |
| F | G | C |
| It doesn’t really | matter which side | you’re on |
| C | Dm7 | G | Dm7 | G |
| You’re walkin’ away and they’re talkin’ be | hind | you |
| F | G | C | E7 | |
| They will | never forget you ‘til | somebody new comes a | long |
| Am7 | D |
| Where you been | lately? |
| Am7 | D |
| There’s a new kid in | town |
| Am7 | D |
| Everybody | loves him, don’t they? |
| Dm7 | E7 |
| And he’s holdin’ | her and you’re still |
| A | C#m7 | D | E | |
| A | round | oh my | my, | there’s a new kid in |
| A | C#m7 | D | E |
| Town, | Just another new kid in |
| A | C#m7 | D | Dm7 |
| Town |
| A | F#m |
| Oo-hoo, ev’rybody’s talkin’ ‘bout the | new kid in town |
| A | F#m |
| Oo-hooh, ev’rybody’s walkin’ like the | new kid in town |
| A | A | |
| There’s a | new kid in town ( | I don’t want to hear it) |
| F#m | F#m | |
| There’s a | new kid in town ( | I don’t want to hear it) |
| A | A | |
| There’s a | new kid in town ( | I don’t want to hear it) |
| F#m | F#m | |
| There’s a | new kid in town ( | I don’t want to hear it) |