Tono: A
Em
D
Hello darkness, my old friend
Em
I've come to talk with you again
C
G
Because a vision softly creeping
C
G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
C
G
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Em
D4
G
Still remains
G
D
Em
Within the sound of silence
Em
D
In restless dreams I walked alone
Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone
C
G
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
C
G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
C
G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
G
Em
D4
G
That split the night
G
D
Em
And touched the sound of silence
Em
D
And in the naked light I saw
Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more
C
G
People talking without speaking
C
G
People hearing without listening
C
G
People writing songs that voices never share
G
Em
D4
G
And no one dare
G
D
Em
Disturb the sound of silence
Em
D
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Em
Silence like a cancer grows
C
G
Hear my words that I might teach you,
C
G
Take my arms that I might reach you"
C
G
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Em
G
D
Em
And echoed in the wells of silence
Em
D
And the people bowed and prayed
Em
To the neon god they made
C
G
And the sign flashed out its warning
C
G
In the words that it was forming
C
G
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
G
Em
D4
G
And tenement halls"
G
D
Em
And whispered in the sounds of silence