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