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Clover Duo Collections
Cloyd Silver
Dec. 21, 2021

[Intro]
 
  | E              | E              | Bsus2   B      | Bsus2   B    |
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
 
  | A              | B              | E              | E             |
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
 E                                             Bsus2   B    Bsus2  B 
   There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar;
 A            B                    E 
  Great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you.
 E                                   Bsus2     B    Bsus2  B 
   People you meet they all seem to know you,
 A            B                                 E              G#7sus4 G#7 
   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#m7                  B 
    so don't let them down.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
 E                                  F#m7      B     F#m7   B 
   You look in her eyes, the music begins to play,
 A             B                   E     E 
   hopeless romantics, here we go again.
 E                                       Bsus2  B    Bsus2  B 
   But after a while you're lookin' the other  way,
           A            B                 E     G#7sus4  G#7 
it's those     restless hearts that never mend.             oohh ohh
 
 
[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   G#m  F#m  E |
   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
 
                                                      ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
 B                                          E          A  E  B  A  E  B 
    There's so many things you should have told her,
                B                       C#m 
But night after night you're willing to hold her,
     F#        Am7           Am7/D   D 
just hold her, tears on your shoul - der.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
 G                                              Am7  D    Am7  D 
   There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you.
 C                 D                 G 
   Doesn't really matter which side you're on.
 G                                            Am7  D      Am7  D 
   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 
    And he's holdin' her and you're still 
  E          G#m7        A 
a roou ou ou ound  oh my my
 
 
[Outro]
 
 B                       E      G#m7      A 
   There's a new kid in towww, oww   oww oww
 B                       E    G#m7     A     Am7 
just another new kid in tow  oww  oww oww
 E                                     C#m 
(Oo-hoo) Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town.
 E                                     C#m 
(Oo-hooh) Ev'rybody's walkin' like the new kid in town.
 
 
[Outro]
 
          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)
          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)
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