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