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