Sound of Silence

Am G
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Am
I’ve come to talk with you again,
F C
Because a vision softly creeping,
F C
Left it’s seeds while I was sleeping,
F C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Am
Still remains
G Am
Within the sound of silence.

                         G In restless dreams I walked alone

                    Am Narrow streets of cobblestone,

               F        C 'neath the halo of a street lamp,

                      F        C I turned my collar to the cold and damp

    F                                        C When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

           Am That split the night

            G        Am And touched the sound of silence.

                     G And in the naked light I saw

                       Am Ten thousand people, maybe more.

               F       C People talking without speaking,

               F        C People hearing without listening,

           F                       C People writing songs that voices never share

       Am And no one dare

        G        Am Disturb the sound of silence.

                     G Fools said i, you do not know

                  Am Silence like a cancer grows.

                 F           C Hear my words that I might teach you,

                F           C Take my arms that I might reach you.

   F                           C But my words like silent raindrops fell,

And echoed
G Am
In the wells of silence

                     G And the people bowed and prayed

                 Am To the neon God they made.

                     F       C And the sign flashed out it's warning,

                  F     C In the words that it was forming.

                   F And the sign said, the words of the prophets

Am                    C Are written on the subway walls

         C And tenement halls.

                 G         Am And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.