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