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[Verse 1]
Gm                       F
   Hello darkness, my old friend,
                           Gm
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#/A Gm
Still remains
A#          F       Gm
Within the sound of silence.


[Verse 2]
                             F
In restless dreams I walked alone
                        Gm
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#/A Gm
That split the night
 A#             F       Gm
And touched the sound of silence.


[Verse 3]
                         F
And in the naked light I saw
                           Gm
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#/A Gm
And no one dare
A#          F       Gm
Disturb the sound of silence.


[Verse 4]
                         F
Fools said I, you do not know
                      Gm
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#/A Gm
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
   A#
And echoed
       F       Gm
In the wells of silence


[Verse 5]
                         F
And the people bowed and prayed
                     Gm
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#/A Gm
And tenement halls.
         A#          F        Gm
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.