Intro
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[Verse 1]
G#m F#
Hello darkness, my old friend
G#m
I've come to talk with you again
E B
Because a vision softly creeping
G#m E B
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
G#m E E5 E B
And the vision that was planted in my brain
G#m F# G#m
Still remains within the sound of silence
[Verse 2]
G#m F#
In restless dreams I walked alone
G#m
Narrow streets of cobblestone
E B
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
G#m E B
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
E E5 E B
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
G#m B
That split the night
G#m F# G#m
And touched the sound of silence
[Verse 3]
G#m F#
And in the naked light I saw
G#m
Ten thousand people, maybe more
E B
People talking without speaking
E B
People hearing without listening
E E5 E B
People writing songs that voices never share
G#m
And no one dare
F# G#m
Disturb the sound of silence
[Verse 4]
G#m F#
Fools said I, you do not know
G#m
Silence like a cancer grows
E B
Hear my words that I might teach you
E B
Take my arms that I might reach you
E E5 E B
But my words like silent raindrops fell
G#m B F# G#m
And echoed in the wells of silence
[Verse 5]
G#m F#
And the people bowed and prayed
G#m
To the neon God they made
E B
And the sign flashed out it's warning
E B
And the words that it was forming
N.C.
And the sign said
E E5 E B
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
G#m
And tenement halls
F# G#m
And whispered in the sound of silence