
new kid in town
Eagles
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Tom : E
[Intro] E F#m B F#m
B A B E F#m B F#m B
There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar
A B E E
Great expectations, ev'rybody's watchin' you
E E F#m B F#m7 B
People you meet they all seem to know you
A B E Ab4 Ab7
Even your old friends treat you like you're somethin' new
C#m F#
Johnny come lately
C#m F#
The new kid in town
C#m F#
Ev'rybody loves you
F#m B7
So don't let them down
E E F#m B F#m B
You look in her eyes, the music begins to play
A B E E
Hopeless romantics, here we go again
E E F#m B F#m7 B
But after a while you're lookin' the other way
A B E Ab4 Ab7
It's those restless hearts that never mend
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?
( E B A B E A E F#m E )
B7 B7 E E
There's so many things you should have told her
B7 B7 C#m
But night after night you're willing to hold her
B F#7 Am7 C D
Just hold her, tears on your shoulder
G G Am7 D Am7 D
There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you
C D G G
Doesn't really matter which side you're on
G G Am7 D D7
You're walkin' away and they're talkin' behind you
C D G B7
They will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along
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 E Abm7 A
Now he's holdin' her and you're still around
B7 E Abm7 A
There's a new kid in town
B7 E Abm7 A Am7 E
Just another new kid in town
E C#m C#m E
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town
E C#m C#m
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout the new kid in town
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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