Intro
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[Verse 1]
D#m C#
Hello darkness, my old friend
D#m
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
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Still remains within the sound of silence
[Verse 2]
D#m C#
In restless dreams I walked alone
D#m
Narrow streets of cobblestone
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'Neath the halo of a street lamp
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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
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That split the night
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And touched the sound of silence
[Verse 3]
D#m C#
And in the naked light I saw
D#m
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
D#m
And no one dare
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Disturb the sound of silence
[Verse 4]
D#m C#
Fools said I, you do not know
D#m
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]
D#m C#
And the people bowed and prayed
D#m
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
D#m
And tenement halls
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And whispered in the sound of silence