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, C G 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, C G 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, C G 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.