Tabbed by : Aakash Brahmachari


Tuning: EADGBE

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   Hello darkness, my old friend,
                           Em
I've come to talk with you again,
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Because a vision soft creeping,
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Left it's seeds while I was sleeping,
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And the vision that was planted in my brain
       Em       
Still remains
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Within the sound of silence.

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In restless dreams I walked alone
                        Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
 Em                 C        G
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
              Em           C        G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
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When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon

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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.
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People talking without speaking,
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People hearing without listening,
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People writing songs that voices never share
           Em
And no one dare
             D        Em
Disturb the sound of silence.


Em                         D
 Fools said i, you do not know
                      Em
Silence like a cancer grows.
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Hear my words that I might teach you,
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Take my arms that I might reach you.
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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.
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 And the sign flashed out it's warning,
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In the words that it was forming.
         Em              C
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
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Are written on the subway walls
               Em
And tenement halls.
                      D         Em      
And whispered in the sounds of silence.