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


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


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


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


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