[Intro] Am  F  Dm  Am 
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"Man i just wanna be somebody"

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Julie's got the word today
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She lost her job just one last pay
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Life don't come easy anymore

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Still strugglin'on by herself
      C
Got a picture of Jimmy
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There on the shelf
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And she looks at him and says
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Why did we let it go

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I know that sometimes, baby
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We didn't see things eye-to-eye
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I got just one question
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Did we have to say goodbye?

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Just like prisoners in paradise
      C                 F
Still far from heaven's door
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We had it all but still we
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Wanted more
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Now I realize that I can't turn back 
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The future's here to stay 
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But hey, we're just children of tomorrow
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Hangin' on to yesterday

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Jimmy still recalls the night
        C
When he took his guitar
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And headed on out
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To find the big time
         C       Am
That was his dream

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He gave up his past
    F
And made it alright
            C
But there's something missin'
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In his heart tonight
C                  F
Sometimes what you want
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Ain't what you need, no no

    Am
He misses drivin' down
            Em
To the lake at night
      F
Holdin' his baby
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In his arms so tight
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Ain't it hard to find illusions
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When you're livin' in a memory

          C            F  
Just like prisoners in paradise
   C                F
So close but yet so far
      C               
There will come a time
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No matter who you are
G        F
When you ask yourself
       G
Was it right or wrong
    Am    G    F 
For me to turn away 
                    C               G
But hey, we're just children of tomorrow
      F    G        C
Hangin' on to yesterday

[Solo] Am  Em  F  C  Am  Am  Em  F  G  
       E7  Am  Em  F  C  Am  Em  F  G

C
Prisoners in paradise, uhmmm
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Prisoners in paradise, yeah

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We prisoners in paradise
      C                 F
Still far from heaven's door
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We had it all but still we
       G   F 
Wanted more
G       C            F
We just prisoners in paradise
   C                F
So close but yet so far
      C               
There will come a time
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No matter who you are
G        F
When you ask yourself
       G
Was it right or wrong
    Am    G    F 
For me to turn away 
                    C               G
But hey, we're just children of tomorrow
      F    G        C
Hangin' on to yesterday