Fa#m Mi
Hello, darkness, my old friend
Fa#m
I've come to talk with you again
Re La
Because a vision softly creeping,
Re La
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
Re La
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Fa#m
Still remains
Mi Fa#m
Within the sound of silence
Mi
In restless dreams I walked alone
Fa#m
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Re La
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Re La
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
Re Re/Fa# La
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
Sim7 Fa#m La
That split the night
Mi Fa#m
And touched the sound of silence
Mi
And in the naked light I saw
Fa#m
Ten thousand people, maybe more
Re La
People talking without speaking
Re La
People hearing without listening
Re La
People writing songs that voices never share
Fa#m La Fa#m
And no one dare
La Mi Fa#m
Disturb the sound of silence
Mi
"Fools," said I, "You do not know
Fa#m
Silence, like a cancer, grows
Re La
Hear my words that I might teach you
Re La
Take my arms that I might reach you,"
Re La Fa#m
But my words like silent raindrops fell
La Mi Fa#m
And echoed in the wells of silence
Mi
And the people bowed and prayed
Fa#m
To the neon god they made
Re La
And the sign flashed out its warning
Re La
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said,
Re
"The words of the prophets
La
are written on the subway walls
Fa#m La
And tenement halls
Fa#m Mi Fa#m
And whispered in the sound of silence
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