Chords for Europe - Prisoners in Paradise

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[B] _ _ _ [Am] _ I _ want to learn how [D] to fly.
_ [Am] _ [F] I want to get lucky.
_ _ [Dm] I want to get rich.
I want to [D] get rich.
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] Man, I just want [G] to be somebody.
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[C] _ Julie's [F] got the work today.
[C] She lost her [Am] job, just [G] one last [C] pay.
Life [F] don't come easy [C] anymore.
_ [Am] _
[G] _ [C] Still [F] struggling on by herself.
[C] Got a picture of [Am] Jimmy there [G] on the shelf.
[C] And she [F] looks at him and says,
Why did [C] we let it go?
And [G] I [Am] know that [Em] sometimes, baby,
[F] We get to say things [C] eye to eye.
[Am] But I got [Em] just one question,
[F] Did we have to [G] say goodbye?
Oh, [C] just like prisoners [F] in [C] paradise,
Still far from [F] heaven's door.
[C] Yeah, [Bm] we [Am] hoped [G] still we [F] wanted more.
[Dm] _ [G] [F] Now I [G] realize,
Can't turn [Am] back,
But the [G] future's [F] here to stay.
But [C] we're just children [G] of tomorrow,
[F] Hanging [G] on [Am] to yesterday.
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_ [C] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ [C] Well, Jimmy still recalls the night
When he took his [Am] guitar and [G] headed on [C] out
To [F] find the big time, [C] yeah, that was his dream.
[Am] _ [G] [C] He gave up his [F] past and made it all right,
[C] But there's something [Am] missing in his [G] heart [C] tonight.
[F] Sometimes what you want [C] ain't what you need.
No, [Bm] no, [Am] he misses driving [E] down to the [Em] lake at night
[F]
Holding his [C] baby in his arms so [Am] tight.
Ain't it [Em] hard to find illusions
[F] When you're living in a [G] memory?
_ [C] Oh, like prisoners [F] in paradise,
[C] So close but [F] yet so far.
[C] There [Bm] will come a [Am] time, no [G] matter [F] who you are,
[Dm] _ [G] [F] When you ask [G] yourself, was it right or [Am] wrong
For [G] me to [F] turn away?
But [C] we're just children [G] of tomorrow,
[F] [G] Hanging on [C] to yesterday.
[B] Oh, [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [C] prisoners, _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] [G] prisoners [Am] _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] in [C] paradise.
_ [F] Still far from heaven's door.
[C] [Bm] Yeah, we [Am] hoped [G] still [F] we wanted more.
_ [G] [C] We're just prisoners [F] in [C] paradise.
So _ [F] far, [C] there [G] will come a [Am] time, no [G] matter,
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_ [Dm] _ [G] [F] When you ask [G] yourself, was [Am] it wrong [G] for me to [F] turn away?
But hey, [C] we're just children [G] of tomorrow,
[F] Hanging [G] on to yesterday.
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