The Sound Of Silence

verse 1 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 G/F# Em Still remains G D Em Within the sound of silence. verse 2 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 of a neon light G/F# Em That split the night G D Em And touched the sound of silence. verse 3 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 share G/F# Em And no one dare G D Em Disturb the sound of silence. verse 4 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 G/F# Em But my words like silent raindrops fell, G And echoed D Em In the wells of silence Verse 5 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 And the sign said, the words of the prophets G Are written on the subway walls G G/F# Em And tenement halls. G D Em And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.