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Em D Hello darkness, my old friend,
D EmI've come to talk with you again,
Em (C G)Because a vision softly creeping,
G (C) GLeft its seeds while I was sleeping,
C C GAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
(G Em)Still remains
(G) D EmWithin the sound of silence.
[Verse 2]
Em DIn restless dreams I walked alone
D EmNarrow streets of cobblestone,
Em (C) G'neath the halo of a street lamp,
(G C) GI turned my collar to the cold and damp
C C GWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
(G Em)That split the night
(G) D EmAnd touched the sound of silence.
[Verse 3]
Em DAnd in the naked light I saw
D EmTen thousand people, maybe more.
Em (C G)People talking without speaking,
G (C G)People hearing without listening,
G C GPeople writing songs that voices never share
(G Em)And no one dare
(G) D EmDisturb the sound of silence.
[Verse 4]
Em DFools said I, you Do not know
EmSilence like a cancer grows.
Em (C G)Hear my words that I might teach you,
G (C G) (G)Take my arms that I might reach you.
C C (G Em)But my words like silent raindrops fell,
GAnd echoed
D EmIn the wells of silence
[Verse 5]
Em DAnd the people bowed and prayed
D EmTo the neon God they made.
Em (C G)And the sign flashed out its warning,
G (C G)In the words that it was forming.
G CAnd the sign said, the words of the prophets
C GAre written on the subway walls
G (G Em)And tenement halls.
G D Em Em (Em)And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
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