Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Hello darkness, my old friend
Cm
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
Cm A# Cm
Still remains within the sound of silence
[Verse 2]
Cm A#
In restless dreams I walked alone
Cm
Narrow streets of cobblestone
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'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Cm G# D#
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
Cm D#
That split the night
Cm A# Cm
And touched the sound of silence
[Verse 3]
Cm A#
And in the naked light I saw
Cm
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
Cm
And no one dare
A# Cm
Disturb the sound of silence
[Verse 4]
Cm A#
Fools said I, you do not know
Cm
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
Cm D# A# Cm
And echoed in the wells of silence
[Verse 5]
Cm A#
And the people bowed and prayed
Cm
To the neon God they made
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And the sign flashed out it's warning
G# D#
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
Cm
And tenement halls
A# Cm
And whispered in the sound of silence