Intro
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[Verse 1]
Bm A
Hello darkness, my old friend
Bm
I've come to talk with you again
G D
Because a vision softly creeping
Bm G D
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
Bm G G5 G D
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Bm A Bm
Still remains within the sound of silence
[Verse 2]
Bm A
In restless dreams I walked alone
Bm
Narrow streets of cobblestone
G D
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Bm G D
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
G G5 G D
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
Bm D
That split the night
Bm A Bm
And touched the sound of silence
[Verse 3]
Bm A
And in the naked light I saw
Bm
Ten thousand people, maybe more
G D
People talking without speaking
G D
People hearing without listening
G G5 G D
People writing songs that voices never share
Bm
And no one dare
A Bm
Disturb the sound of silence
[Verse 4]
Bm A
Fools said I, you do not know
Bm
Silence like a cancer grows
G D
Hear my words that I might teach you
G D
Take my arms that I might reach you
G G5 G D
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Bm D A Bm
And echoed in the wells of silence
[Verse 5]
Bm A
And the people bowed and prayed
Bm
To the neon God they made
G D
And the sign flashed out it's warning
G D
And the words that it was forming
N.C.
And the sign said
G G5 G D
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Bm
And tenement halls
A Bm
And whispered in the sound of silence