Sound Of Silence

Chords

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Em                    D
Hello darkness, my old friend
                            Em
I've come to talk with you again
            G       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
Still remains
             D          Em
Within the sound of silence


Em                            D
In restless dreams I walked alone
                         Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone
             G         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
That split the night
                 D          Em
And touched the sound of silence


Em                         D
And in the naked light I saw
                           Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more
          G        C      G
People talking without speaking
                   C       G
People hearing without listening
          C                             G
People writing songs that voices never share
             Em
And no one dared
             D          Em
Disturb the sound of silence


   Em                           D
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
                        Em
Silence like a cancer grows
           G          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
And echoed
        D         Em
In the wells of silence


Em                         D
And the people bowed and prayed
                      Em
To the neon god they made
         G               C      G
And the sign flashed out its warning
                     C       G
In the words that it was forming
          C                         G
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written
                G                 Em
on the subway walls, And tenement halls"
                       D          Em
And whispered in the sounds of silence