Intro
Em D
Hello darkness my old friend
Em
I've come to talk with you again
G C G
Because a vision softly creeping
C G
Left it seeds while I was sleeping
C G
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Em
Still remains
D Em
Within the sound of silence
Em D
In restless dreams I walked alone
Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone
G C G
Neath the halo of street lamp
C G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
C G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
Em
That split the night
D Em
And touched the sound of silence
Em D
And in the naked light I saw
Em
Ten thousand people maybe more
G C G
People talking without speaking
C G
People hearing without listening
C G
People writing songs that voices never share
Em
And no one dare
D Em
Disturb the sound of silence
Em D
Fools said I You don't know
Em
Silence like a cancer grows
G C G
Hear my words that I might teach you
C G
Thake my arms that I might reach you
C G
But my words like silence raindrops fell
Em
And echoed
D Em
In the wells of silence
Em D
And the people bowed and prayed
Em
To the neon god they made
G C G
And the sign flashed out its warning
C G
In the words that it was forming
C
And the sign said The words of the prophets
G Em
Are written on the subway walls and tenements halls
D Em
And whisper'd in the sound of silence