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