| [Dm] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|
| ... | Hello darkness, my old | friend, |
| [Dm] | |
|---|---|
| I've come to talk with you | again, |
| [H♭] | [F] | |
|---|---|---|
| Because a vision soft- | ly cree- | ping, |
| [H♭] | [F] | |
|---|---|---|
| Left its seeds while I | was slee- | ping, |
| [H♭] | |
|---|---|
| And the | vision that was planted in my brain |
| [F] | [Dm] | |
|---|---|---|
| Still remain- | s | ... |
| [F] | [C] | [Dm] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Within the | sound of | silence. |
| [C] | |
|---|---|
| In restless dreams I walked a- | lone |
| [Dm] | |
|---|---|
| Narrow streets of cobble- | stone, |
| [H♭] | [F] | |
|---|---|---|
| 'neath the halo of | a street | lamp, |
| [H♭] | [F] | |
|---|---|---|
| I turned my collar to the | cold and | damp |
| [H♭] | [F] | |
|---|---|---|
| When my | eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon | light |
| [F] | [Dm] | |
|---|---|---|
| That split the night | --- |
| [F] | [C] | [Dm] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And touched the | sound of | silence. |
| And in the naked light I saw |
| Ten thousand people, maybe more. |
| People talking without speaking, |
| People hearing without listening, |
| People writing songs that voices never share |
| And no one dare |
| Disturb the sound of silence. |
| Fools said I, you do not know |
| Silence like a cancer grows. |
| Hear my words that I might teach you, |
| Take my arms that I might reach you. |
| But my words like silent raindrops fell, |
| And echoed |
| In the wells of silence |
| And the people bowed and prayed |
| To the neon God they made. |
| And the sign flashed out its warning, |
| In the words that it was forming. |
| And the sign said, the words of the prophets |
| Are written on the subway walls |
| And tenement halls. |
| And whisper'd in the sounds of silence. |