Em                        D
Hello darkness, my old friend,

Em
I’ve come to talk with you again,

C     G
Because a vision soft creeping,

Em             C     G
Left it’s seeds while I was sleeping,

C                C/G            G
And the vision that was planted in my brain

Em
Still remains

D       Em
Within the sound of silence.

Em                          D
In restless dreams I walked alone

Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone,

Em                 C        G
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp,

Em           C        G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp

C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon

G
light

Em
That split the night

D        Em
And touched the sound of silence.

Em                         D
And in the naked light I saw

Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more.

Em                C       G
People talking without speaking,

Em                    C       G
People hearing without listening,

C                       G
People writing songs that voices never share

Em
And no one dare

D        Em
Disturb the sound of silence.

Em                         D
Fools said i, you do not know

Em
Silence like a cancer grows.

Em                     C          G
Hear my words that I might teach you,

Em                    C           G
Take my arms that I might reach you.

C                          G
But my words like silent raindrops fell,

Em
And echoed

D        Em
In the wells of silence

Em                        D
And the people bowed and prayed

Em
To the neon God they made.

Em                         C       G
And the sign flashed out it’s warning,

Em                     C     G
In the words that it was forming.

Em              C
And the sign said, the words of the prophets

C                    G
Are written on the subway walls

Em
And tenement halls.

D         Em

And whispered in the sounds of silence.