Em D Hello darkness, my old friend Em I've come to talk with you again G 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 D Em Within the sound of silence Em D In restless dreams I walked alone Em Narrow streets of cobblestone G 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 Em That split the night D Em And touched the sound of silence Em D And in the naked light I saw Em Ten thousand people, maybe more G C G People talking without speaking C G People hearing without listening C G People writing songs that voices never share Em And no one dared D Em Disturb the sound of silence Em D "Fools", said I, "You do not know Em Silence like a cancer grows G C G Hear my words that I might teach you C G Take my arms that I might reach you" C G But my words, like silent raindrops fell Em And echoed D Em In the wells of silence Em D And the people bowed and prayed Em To the neon god they made G 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 G Em on the subway walls, And tenement halls" D Em And whispered in the sounds of silence
