Tom: C C Hello darkness my old friend, F I've come to talk with you again Bb Csus Because a vision softly creeping Bb Csus Left it's seeds while I was sleeping Bb Csus And the vision that was planted in my brain F C F Still remains----- within the sounds of silence C In restless dreams I walked alone, F Narrow streets of cobblestone Bb Csus 'neath the halo of a streetlamp Bb Csus I turned my collar to the cold and damp Bb Csus When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light F C F Split the night... and touched the sound of silence C And in the naked light I saw F Ten thousand people maybe more Bb Csus People talking without speaking Bb Csus People hearing without listening Bb Csus Peoplewriting songs that voices never share F C F Noone dare, disturb the sound of silence C Fools said I you do not know, F Silence like a cancer grows, Bb Csus Hear my words that I might teach you Bb Csus Take my arms that I might reach you Bb Csus But my words, like silent raindrops fell... F C F And echoed the will of silence C And the people bowed and prayed, F To the neon god they made Bb Csus And the sign flashed out its warning Bb Csus In the words that it was forming Bb And the sign said, "The words of the prophet Csus Are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls F C F And whisper the sounds of silence." **The end of the song contains the same solo as the end of the first verse.
