Intro
Bm G D A Bm G A D G D Bm A
[Verse 1]
D G
Julie's got the word today
D Bm A
She lost her job just one last pay
D G D Bm
Life don't come easy anymore
A D G
Still strugglin'on by herself
D
Got a picture of Jimmy
Bm A
There on the shelf
D
And she looks at him and says
G D D A/C#
Why did we let it go
Bm F#m
I know that sometimes, baby
G D D A/C#
We didn't see things eye-to-eye
Bm F#m
I got just one question
G A
Did we have to say goodbye?
[Chorus]
D G
Just like prisoners in paradise
D G
Still far from heaven's door
D A/C# Bm
We had it all but still we
A G Em
Wanted more
A G A
Now I realize that I can't turn back
Bm A G
The future's here to stay
D A
But hey, we're just children of tomorrow
G A Bm G A Bm G A
Hangin' on to yesterday
[Verse 2]
D G
Jimmy still recalls the night
D
When he took his guitar
Bm A
And headed on out
D G
To find the big time
D Bm
That was his dream
A D
He gave up his past
G
And made it alright
D
But there's something missin'
Bm A
In his heart tonight
D G
Sometimes what you want
D D A/C#
Ain't what you need, no no
Bm
He misses drivin' down
F#m
To the lake at night
G
Holdin' his baby
D D A/C#
In his arms so tight
Bm F#m
Ain't it hard to find illusions
G A
When you're livin' in a memory
[Chorus]
D G
Just like prisoners in paradise
D G
So close but yet so far
D
There will come a time
A/C# Bm A G Em
No matter who you are
A G
When you ask yourself
A
Was it right or wrong
Bm A G
For me to turn away
D A
But hey, we're just children of tomorrow
G A D
Hangin' on to yesterday
[Interlude]
Bm G A Bm G A
A D G
We prisoners in paradise
D G
Still far from heaven's door
D A/C# Bm
We had it all but still we
A G
Wanted more
A D G
We just prisoners in paradise
D G
So close but yet so far
D
There will come a time
A/C# Bm A G Em
No matter who you are
A G
When you ask yourself
A
Was it right or wrong
Bm A G
For me to turn away
D A
But hey, we're just children of tomorrow
G A D
Hangin' on to yesterday