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