Em D
Hello darkness, my old friend
Em
I've come to talk with you again
C G
Because a vision softly creeping
Em C G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
C G Em
And the visions that was planted in my brain, still remains
D Em
Within the sound of silence
D
In restless dreams I walked alone
Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone
C G
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Em C G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
C G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of the neon light
Em
That split the night
D Em
And touched the sound of silence
D
And in the naked light I saw
Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more
C G
People talking without speaking
Em 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
D
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Em
Silence like a cancer grows
C G
Hear my words that I might teach you
Em C G
Take my arms that I might reach you"
C G Em
But my words like silent raidrops fell
G
And echoed
D Em
In the walls of silence
D
And the people bowed and prayed
Em
To the neon god they made
C G
And the sing flashed out its warning
Em C G
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said
C
"The words of the prophets
G
Are written on the subway walls
Em
And tenement halls
G D Em
And whispered in the sound of silence
