Key: E
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
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C/B
Am
C
Still remains
C
G
Am
Within the sound of silence
Am
G
In restless dreams I walked alone
Am
Narrow streets of cobblestone
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C
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
F
C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
F
C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
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C/B
Am
C
That split the night
C
G
Am
And touched the sound of silence
Am
G
And in the naked light I saw
Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more
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C
People talking without speaking
F
C
People hearing without listening
F
C
People writing songs that voices never share
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C/B
Am
C
And no one dared
C
G
Am
Disturb the sound of silence
Am
G
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Am
Silence like a cancer grows
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C
Hear my words that I might teach you,
F
C
Take my arms that I might reach you"
F
C
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Am
C
G
Am
And echoed in the wells of silence
Am
G
And the people bowed and prayed
Am
To the neon god they made
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C
And the sign flashed out its warning
F
C
In the words that it was forming
F
C
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
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C/B
Am
And tenement halls"
C
G
Am
And whispered in the sounds of silence