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