The Sound Of Silence

Intro : F G..F G.. Am..D..Am G hello darkness, my old friend Am i've come to talk with you again F C because a vision softly creeping F C left its seeds while i was sleeping F C and the vision that was planted in my brain Am C still remains.. G Am within the sound of silence 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 C that split the night.. G Am and touched the sound of silence 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 C no one dared G Am disturb the sound of silence 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 C Am but my words, like silent raindrops fell C G (Am) and echoed in the wells of silence Int. Am G.. C Am..F G.. C 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 are C written on the subway walls Am and tenement halls C G Am and whispered in the sound of silence"