(capo 7? casa) A5 G5 Hello darkness, my old friend, A5 I've come to talk with you again, C5 F5 C5 Because a vision softly creeping, F5 C5 Left its seeds while I was sleeping, F5 C5 And the vision that was planted in my brain A5 Still remains C5 G5 A5 Within the sound of silence. A5 G5 In restless dreams I walked alone A5 Narrow streets of cobblestone, C5 F5 C5 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, F5 C5 I turned my collar to the cold and damp F5 C5 When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light A5 That split the night C5 G5 A5 And touched the sound of silence. A5 G5 And in the naked light I saw A5 Ten thousand people, maybe more. C5 F5 C5 People talking without speaking, F5 C5 People hearing without listening, F5 C5 People writing songs that voices never share A5 And no one dared C5 G5 A5 Disturb the sound of silence. A5 G5 "Fools" said I, "You do not know A5 Silence like a cancer grows. C5 F5 C5 Hear my words that I might teach you, G5 C5 Take my arms that I might reach you." F5 C5 But my words like silent raindrops fell, A5 C5 And echoed G5 A5 In the wells of silence G5 And the people bowed and prayed A5 To the neon god they made. C5 F5 C5 And the sign flashed out its warning, F5 C5 In the words that it was forming. F5 C5 And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls A5 And tenement halls." C5 G5 A5 And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
