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