The Sound of Silence

Intro:
Asus2

Verse 1:
Asus2                      G
  Hello darkness, my old friend,
                             Asus2
I've come to talk with you again,
           C          Dm7    C
Because a vision softly creeping,
                         Dm7     C
Left it s seeds while I was sleeping,
         Dm7                            C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
  F*   C      Am
Still remains
C             G        Asus2
  Within the sound of silence.

Verse 2:
Am                              G
  In restless dreams I walked alone
                          Am
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
                   F         C
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
                           F        C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
        F
When my eyes were stabbed
                        C
By the flash of a neon light
                     Am
That split the night
C                  G        Am
  And touched the sound of silence.

Verse 3:
Am                          G
  And in the naked light I saw
                            Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
                    F       C
People talking without speaking,
                    F        C
People hearing without listening,
                F
People writing songs
                    C
That voices never share
                Am
And no one dare
C              G        Am
  Disturb the sound of silence.

Verse 4:
Am                              G
  "Fools" said I, "You do not know
                        Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
                      F          C
Hear my words that I might teach you,
                    F           C
Take my arms that I might reach you."
        F
But my words like
                  C
Silent raindrops fell,
Am    C
  And echoed
        G        Am      Am:Asus2:Am
In the wells of silence

Verse 5:
Am                           G
  And the people bowed and prayed
                      Am
To the neon God they made
                         F       C
And the sign flashed out its warning,
                      F      C
In the words that it was forming.
                       F
And the sign said the words of the prophets
                           C
Are written on the subway walls
                   Am
And tenement halls
      C               G           Asus2   Am
And whisper'd in the sounds … of silence.