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[Verse 1]
F#m                       E
   Hello darkness, my old friend,
                           F#m
I've come to talk with you again,
                     D       A
Because a vision softly creeping,
                       D       A
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
        D                             A
And the vision that was planted in my brain
            A/G# F#m
Still remains
A          E       F#m
Within the sound of silence.


[Verse 2]
                             E
In restless dreams I walked alone
                        F#m
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
                   D        A
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
                          D        A
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
        D                                        A
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
                    A/G# F#m
That split the night
 A             E       F#m
And touched the sound of silence.


[Verse 3]
                         E
And in the naked light I saw
                           F#m
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
                   D       A
People talking without speaking,
                   D        A
People hearing without listening,
               D                       A
People writing songs that voices never share
              A/G# F#m
And no one dare
A          E       F#m
Disturb the sound of silence.


[Verse 4]
                         E
Fools said I, you do not know
                      F#m
Silence like a cancer grows.
                     D           A
Hear my words that I might teach you,
                    D           A
Take my arms that I might reach you.
       D                           A  A/G# F#m
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
   A
And echoed
       E       F#m
In the wells of silence


[Verse 5]
                         E
And the people bowed and prayed
                     F#m
To the neon God they made.
                         D      A
And the sign flashed out its warning,
                      D     A
In the words that it was forming.
                       D
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
                           A
Are written on the subway walls
             A    A/G# F#m
And tenement halls.
         A          E        F#m
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.