[Intro]
Gm
[Verse]
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 it's seeds while I was sleeping
D# A#
And the vision, that was planted in my brain,
Gm
still remains,
F Gm
within the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Gm 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,
Gm
that split the night,
F Gm
and touched the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Gm 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,
Gm
and no one dare,
F Gm
disturb the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Gm 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# Gm
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
and echoed
F Gm
in the wells of silence
[Verse]
Gm F
And the people bowed and prayed,
Gm
to the neon God they made.
D# A#
And the sign flashed out it's 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;
Gm
and tenement halls.
F \
Gm
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
[Intro]
Gm
[Verse]
Gm F
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Gm
I've come to talk with you again
D# A#
Because a vision softly creeping,
left it's seeds
D# A#
while I was sleeping
D# And the vision, that
A#
was planted in my brain,
Gm
still remains,
F Gm
within the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Gm F
In restless dreams I walked alone,
Gm
narrow streets of cobblestone
D# A#
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar
D# A#
to the cold and damp
D# When my eyes were stabbed
A#
by the flash of a neon light,
Gm
that split the night,
F Gm
and touched the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Gm 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# People writing songs
A#
that voices never share,
Gm
and no one dare,
F Gm
disturb the sound of silence.
[Verse]
Gm F
Fools said I you do not know,
Gm
silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that
D# A#
I might teach you,
take my arms that
D# A#
I might reach you.
D# But my words like
A# Gm
silent raindrops fell,
and echoed
F Gm
in the wells of silence
[Verse]
Gm F
And the people bowed and prayed,
Gm
to the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed
D# A#
out it's warning,
D# A#
in the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, the
D#
words of the prophets,
A#
are written on the subway walls;
Gm
and tenement halls.
And whispered in the
F \
Gm
sounds of silence.