D#m C#
Hello darkness my old friend
D#m
I ve come to talk to you again
B F#
because a vision softly is creeping
D#m B F#
left its seeds while I was sleeping
B F# D#m
and the vision that was planted in my brain still remains
C# D#m
within the sound of silence
D#m C#
In restless dreams I walked alone
D#m
narrow streets of cobble-stone
B F#
Neath the halo of a street lamp
D#m B F#
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
B F#
when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
D#m C# D#m
that split the night and touched the sound of silence
D#m C#
And in the naked light I saw
D#m
ten thousand people maybe more
B F#
people talking without speaking
D#m B F#
people hearing without listening
B F#
people writing songs that voices never share
D#m C# D#m
and no-one dare disturb the sound of silence
D#m C#
Fools said I you do not know
D#m
silence like a cancer grows
B F#
hear my words that I might teach you
D#m B F#
take my arms that I might reach you
B F# D#m
But my words like silent raindrops fell
C# D#m
and echoed in the wells of silence
D#m C#
And the people bowed and prayed
D#m
to the neon god they d made
B F#
And the sign flashed out its warning
D#m B F#
in the words that it was forming
B
And the sign said the words of the prophets are written
F# D#m
in the subway walls and tenement halls
C# D#m
and whispered in the sound - of silence