Intro: A5(9)
Verse 1:
A5(9) G
Hello, darkness, my old friend
Am
I've come to talk with you again
C F C C/G
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while
F C C/G
I was sleeping
F
And the vision that was planted in my
C
Brain
Am
Still remains
C G A5(9) Am
Within the sound of silence
Verse 2:
G
In restless dreams I walked alone
Am
Narrow streets of cobblestone
C F C
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
F C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
F
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash
C
Of a neon light
Am
That split the night
C G Am
And touched the sound of silence
Verse 3:
G
And in the naked light I saw
Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more
C F C
People talking without speaking
F C
People hearing without listening
F
People writing songs that voices never
C
Share
Am
And no one dare
C G Am
Disturb the sound of silence
Verse 4:
G
Fools, said I, you do not know
Am
Silence like a cancer grows
C F C
Hear my words that I might teach you
F C
Take my arms that I might reach you
F C
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Am G Am
And echoed in the wells of silence
Verse 5:
G
And the people bowed and prayed
Am
To the neon god they made
C F C
And the sign flashed out its warning
F C
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said
F
The words of the prophets are written
C
On the subway walls
Am
And tenement halls
C G A5(9)
And whispered in the sound of silence