Salem

                       Em

And how we questioned her

                                              C

'Til our consciences were pacified,

                    Em  

There was seamless transformation

                                  C

Of rumor... rumor to truth. 

                     Dsus2   D  Dsus4   D

Now, isn't it truth?

      C                                  G

But I saw her gathering daisies

                   C                                      G

When our men came to take her away,

              Em                                                     C 

And the town wrapped its fear 'round her neck with its latest 

      Dsus2   D  Dsus4   D

Mistake.

        C                                            G

And God's been too quiet here lately 

           C                         G

In the age of fanatical lies.

  Em                             C

I wanted to tell her: "Hush, my dear,

                                     Dsus2   D  Dsus4   D

"Heaven won't be so blind."

      C 

Forgive us

         G

In Salem.

             C 

Oh! Forgive us

         G

In Salem.

                    Em

I know that sin

                                 C

Is the harbinger of emptiness,

                      Em                           C 

But she was full of love for the Earth. 

                           Em

Now, we're not gods,

                                 C

But we've seen so many things.

                   Em

How were we to know... we to know

                   C

What to believe?

                                          Dsus2   D  Dsus4   D

Really, what can you believe?

     C                                  G

But I saw her gathering daisies

                  C                                       G

When our men came to take her away,

              Em                                                     C 

And the town wrapped its fear 'round her neck with its latest 

      Dsus2   D  Dus4   D

Mistake.

        C                                            G

And God's been too quiet here lately 

           C                         G

In the age of fanatical lies.

  Em                             C

I wanted to tell her: "Hush, my dear,

                                     Dsus2   D  Dsus4   D

"Heaven won't be so blind."

           C

But forgive us!

        G

In Salem...

                   C

Please, forgive us!

                             G

Down here in Salem...

                        B7  

And now she haunts my dreams

                                    Em

Just like we used to claim she did. 

                            B7                            Em

And time slides over me, but I just can't forget.

                  Dsus2   D    Dsus4   D

No, I just can't forget

        C                                  G

That I saw her gathering daisies

                  C                                       G

When our men came to take her away,

              Em                                                     C 

And the town wrapped its fear 'round her neck with its latest 

       Dsus2   D  Dsus4   D

Mistake.

        C                                            G

And God's been too quiet here lately 

           C                         G

In the age of fanatical lies.

  Em                             C

I wanted to tell her: "Hush, my dear,

                                      Dsus2   D  Dsus4   D

"Heaven won't be so blind."

           C

But forgive us!

        G

In Salem...

                       C

Could you forgive us

                             G

Down here in Salem?