D5 C5 Hello darkness, my old friend, D5 I've come to talk with you again, F5 Bb5 F5 Because a vision softly creeping, Bb5 F5 Left its seeds while I was sleeping, Bb5 F5 And the vision that was planted in my brain D5 Still remains F5 C5 D5 Within the sound of silence. D5 C5 In restless dreams I walked alone D5 Narrow streets of cobblestone, F5 Bb5 F5 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, Bb5 F5 I turned my collar to the cold and damp Bb5 F5 When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light D5 That split the night F5 C5 D5 And touched the sound of silence. D5 C5 And in the naked light I saw D5 Ten thousand people, maybe more. F5 Bb5 F5 People talking without speaking, Bb5 F5 People hearing without listening, Bb5 F5 People writing songs that voices never share D5 And no one dared F5 C5 D5 Disturb the sound of silence. D5 C5 "Fools" said I, "You do not know D5 Silence like a cancer grows. F5 Bb5 F5 Hear my words that I might teach you, Bb5 F5 Take my arms that I might reach you." Bb5 F5 But my words like silent raindrops fell, D5 F5 And echoed C5 D5 In the wells of silence C5 And the people bowed and prayed D5 To the neon god they made. F5 Bb5 F5 And the sign flashed out its warning, Bb5 F5 In the words that it was forming. Bb5 And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway [F]walls D5 And tenement halls." F5 C5 D5 And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
