Am G
1. Hello darkness my old friend
Am
I've come to talk with you again
F C
because a vision softly creeping
F C
left it seeds while I was sleeping
F C
and the vision that was planted in my brain
Am G Am
still remains - within the sound of silence.
Am G
2. In restless dreams I walked alone
Am
narrow streets of cobble-stone
F 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
Am G Am
that spilt the night and touched the sound of silence.
Am G
3. And in the naked light I saw
Am
ten thousand people maybe more
F C
people talking without speaking
F C
people hearing without listening
F C
people writing songs that voices never share
Am G Am
and no one dare disturb the sound of silence.
Am G
4. "Fools!" said I "you do not know
Am
silence like a cancer grows
F C
hear my words that I might teach you
F C
take my armsthat I might reach you."
F C
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Am G Am
and echoed in the wells of silence.
Am G
5. And the people bowed and prayed
Am
to the neon god they made
F C
and the sign flashed out its warning
F C
in the words that it was forming and the sign said:
F C
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Am G Am
and tenament halls" and whisper'd in the sound of silence.
