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[Verse 1]
Em          C
   I didn't ask to be famous
Em            C
   But I'm not sore
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  Cause you can see my face in the window of every store
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  You can buy my lunch box
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  You can wear my clothes
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  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]
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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
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  ya see I've got everything that I always wished I  had
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  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]
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[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
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   I can stay up all night,   I can have a blast
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  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]
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