The Sound Of Silence

Intro : F G..F G..
Am..D..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 its seeds while i was sleeping

F C
and the vision that was planted in my brain
Am C
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
when my eyes were stabbed
C
by the flash of a neon light
Am C
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
people writing songs
C
that voices never share
Am C
no one dared
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 Am
but my words, like silent raindrops fell
C G (Am)
and echoed in the wells of silence

Int. Am G..
C Am..F G..
C Am..

G
and the people bowed and prayed
Am
to the neon God they made
F C
and the sign flashed out its warning
F C
in the words that it was forming

F
and the sign said,
“the words of the prophets are
C
written on the subway walls
Am
and tenement halls
C G Am
and whispered in the sound of silence”