Barenaked Ladies – New Kids On The Block (Guitar)

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Tab by Elizabeth B. Myers [Intro] Em C Em C Em C Em N.C. [Verse 1]
Em          C
   I didn't ask to be famous

Em            C
   But I'm not sore

Em              C                  Em              C
  Cause you can see my face in the window of every store

Em         C
  You can buy my lunch box

Em        C
  You can wear my clothes

Em         C                  Em                    C
  You can see my name, just as plain as the face under your nose
[Chorus]
      G   Am         F
I'm a new kid on the block

          G            Am             F
Though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach

       G       Am                 F
So we may not write the songs we sing

            G                  Am                       F
But look at Elvis, he sold his soul and you crowned him king
[Solo] Em C Em C Em C Em N.C. [Verse 2]
Em         C
  I didn't ask to be famous

Em           C
  But I'm not sad

Em            C                      Em            C
  ya see I've got everything that I always wished I  had

Em            C
  in fact my mind, I'm tired

   Em                 C
I thank the screaming girls

     Em              C               Em            C
ooh, ooh I thank my hairdresser for giving me such beautiful curls
[Pre-Chorus]
G            Am             F
  now I'm a new kid on the block

         G           Am                F
well I'm 23 and they won't let me grow up  mmm

        G      Am                F
I went down to register for the draft

        G            Am               F
well I got up to the counter and the lady there just laughed
[Chorus]
                G    Am        F
she said to her new kid on the block

G               Am                  F
   young girls scream and old boys mock

         G        Am                  F
well you broke my youngest daughter's heart

        G                  Am              F
well I knew you kids were trouble from the start
[Solo] G G G G x2 [Verse 3]
Em           C               Em            C
   I didn't ask to be famous,   but I'm not sure

Em              C                 Em                C
   that were as apple pie as you always thought we were

Em        C                Em       C
   I can stay up all night,   I can have a blast

Em      C                        Em              C
  I can breakdance, I can fight, I can kick your sorry ass
[Chorus]
      G   Am         F
I'm a new kid on the block

          G            Am             F
Though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach

           G       Am           F
there's no need to be afraid of us

           G                 Am              F
though it just might be your daughter on our bus

      G   Am         F
I'm a new kid on the block

          G            Am             F
Though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach

           G       Am           F
there's no need to be afraid of us

           G                 Am              F
though it just might be your daughter on our bus  (hey!)
[Outro] G N.C. F G N.C. F G