[Intro]
Dm
[Verse]
Dm C
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Dm
I've come to talk with you again
A# F
Because a vision softly creeping,
A# F
left it's seeds while I was sleeping
A# F
And the vision, that was planted in my brain,
Dm
still remains,
C Dm
within the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Dm C
In restless dreams I walked alone,
Dm
narrow streets of cobblestone
A# F
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
A# F
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
A# F
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light,
Dm
that split the night,
C Dm
and touched the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Dm C
And in the naked light I saw,
Dm
ten thousand people, maybe more.
A# F
People talking without speaking
A# F
People hearing without listening
A# F
People writing songs that voices never share,
Dm
and no one dare,
C Dm
disturb the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Dm C
Fools said I you do not know,
Dm
silence like a cancer grows.
A# F
Hear my words that I might teach you,
A# F
take my arms that I might reach you.
A# F Dm
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
and echoed
C Dm
in the wells of silence
[Verse]
Dm C
And the people bowed and prayed,
Dm
to the neon God they made.
A# F
And the sign flashed out it's warning,
A# F
in the words that it was forming.
A#
And the sign said, the words of the prophets,
F
are written on the subway walls;
Dm
and tenement halls.
C \
Dm
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
[Intro]
Dm
[Verse]
Dm C
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Dm
I've come to talk with you again
A# F
Because a vision softly creeping,
left it's seeds
A# F
while I was sleeping
A# And the vision, that
F
was planted in my brain,
Dm
still remains,
C Dm
within the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Dm C
In restless dreams I walked alone,
Dm
narrow streets of cobblestone
A# F
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar
A# F
to the cold and damp
A# When my eyes were stabbed
F
by the flash of a neon light,
Dm
that split the night,
C Dm
and touched the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Dm C
And in the naked light I saw,
Dm
ten thousand people, maybe more.
A# F
People talking without speaking
A# F
People hearing without listening
A# People writing songs
F
that voices never share,
Dm
and no one dare,
C Dm
disturb the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Dm C
Fools said I you do not know,
Dm
silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that
A# F
I might teach you,
take my arms that
A# F
I might reach you.
A# But my words like
F Dm
silent raindrops fell,
and echoed
C Dm
in the wells of silence
[Verse]
Dm C
And the people bowed and prayed,
Dm
to the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed
A# F
out it's warning,
A# F
in the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, the
A#
words of the prophets,
F
are written on the subway walls;
Dm
and tenement halls.
And whispered in the
C \
Dm
sounds of silence.