Intro: F#m
Verse 1:
E Hello
darkness, my old friend,
F#m I've come to talk with you again,
D
A Because a vision softly creeping,
D
A Left it's seeds while I was sleeping,
D
A And the vision that was planted in my brain
F#m Still remains
E
F#m Within the sound of silence.
Verse 2:
E In restless dreams I walked alone
F#m Narrow streets of cobblestone,
D
A 'neath the halo of a street lamp,
D
A I turned my collar to the cold and damp
D
A When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
F#m That split the night
E
F#m And touched the sound of silence
Verse 3:
E And in the naked light I saw
F#m Ten thousand people, maybe more.
D
A People talking without speaking,
D
A People hearing without listening,
D
A People writing songs that voices never share
F#m And no one dare
E
F#m Disturb the sound of silence.
Verse 4:
E Fools said i, you do not know
F#m Silence like a cancer grows.
D
A Hear my words that I might teach you,
D
A Take my arms that I might reach you.
D
A But my words like silent raindrops fell,
E
F#m And echoed in the wells of silence
Verse 5:
E And the people bowed and prayed
F#m To the neon God they made.
D
A And the sign flashed out it's warning,
D
A In the words that it was forming.
D And the sign said, the words of the prophets
A Are written on the subway walls
F#m And tenement halls.
E
F#m And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
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