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