The Sound Of Silence

Intro: Em      
      
 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,      
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And the vision that was planted in my brain    
               Em     
 still remains      
G                    D             Em      
Within the sound of silence.    
     
                                             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 by a neon light      
                       Em      
That split the night      
   G                          D           Em      
And touched the sound of silence.    
      
                                         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,      
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People writing songs that voices never shared—      
                 Em      
No one dared      
   G                  D            Em      
Disturb the sound of silence.    
      
                                               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      Em      
But my words like silent raindrops fell,     
      G      
Echoed      
                D          Em      
In the wells of silence.    
      
                                                D      
And the people bowed and prayed      
                                     Em      
To the neon god they made,      
                                             C     G      
And the sign flashed out its warning,      
                                        C      G      
In the words that it was forming,     
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And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls    
                        Em      
And tenement halls      
              G                       D           Em      
And whispered in the sounds of silence.