D A Bm G B F# E


[Verse 1]
D        A                 Bm           G
Late one night I heard a knock at the door
      D                A           Bm         G
The boys were really painting the town
D             A           Bm       G
I was just another bored teenage boy
D                A           Bm
Kickin' up and actin' the clown... Yeah


[Verse 2]
D          A         Bm   G
One dare led to another dare
      D                   A        Bm        G
Then things were getting out of control
D               A                  Bm         G
We hopped the fence and we stole the pears
         D           A         Bm       G
And I threw away a part of my soul
          D          A          Bm         G
Yes, I threw away a part of my soul                  (now it's)


[Chorus]
D                   A
Haunting me how I stole those pears
           Bm
'Cause I loved the wrong
        G
Even though I knew a better way
D              A
Not for hunger or poverty
        Bm                      G
It was more than pears that I ended up
          D A      Bm  A
throwin' away... Yeah

[Verse 3]
D         A            Bm       G
Time goes by - now I'm old and grey
       D              A     Bm
Those pears are just a memory
          D      A        Bm     G
I would gladly pay all I have today
       D                    A
But that's just not the problem you
Bm    G
see...              ('cause it's)

[Chorus]
D                   A
Haunting me how I stole those pears
           Bm
'Cause I loved the wrong
        G
Even though I knew a better way
D              A
Not for hunger or poverty
        Bm                      G
It was more than pears that I ended up
          D A      Bm  A
throwin' away... Yeah

[Bridge]
D          A              G               Bm
Why do we love all the things that are wrong
 D         A             Bm           G
Forbidden fruit has a strange siren song
D         A          G             Bm
Why do we do what we don't want to do
         D           A           Bm             G
When we live with regrets our whole lifethrough
(D     A        Bm       G x2)

[Chorus]
D                   A
Haunting me how I stole those pears
           Bm
'Cause I loved the wrong
        G
Even though I knew a better way
D              A
Not for hunger or poverty
        Bm                      G
It was more than pears that I ended up
          D A      Bm  A
throwin' away... Yeah