Verse 1AmG
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Am
I've come to talk with you again,
CFC
Because a vision softly creeping,
FC
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping,
FC
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Am
Still remains
CGAm
Within the sound of silence.
Verse 2AmG
In restless dreams I walked alone,
Am
Narrow streets of cobble stone.
CFC
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
FC
I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
FC
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
Am
That split the night
CGAm
And touched the sounds of silence.
Verse 3AmG
And in the naked light I saw
Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
CFC
People talking without speaking,
FC
People hearing without listening,
FC
People writing songs that voices never shared,
Am
And no one dared
CGAm
Disturb the sounds of silence.
Verse 4AmG
"Fools!" said I, "you do not know,
Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
CFC
Hear my words that I might teach you,
FC
Take my arms that I might reach you."
FC
But my words like silent raindrops fell
CGAm
And echoed in the wells of silence.
Verse 5]
AmG
And the people bowed and prayed
Am
To the neon gods they made.
CFC
And the sign flashed out its warning,
FC
In the words that it was forming,
FAmC
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
C
And tenement halls."
GAm
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.