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