Sound of silence
Am G Am
1. Hallo darkness, my old friend, I`ve come
to talk to you again,
C F C
because a vision softly is creeping,
F C
left its seeds while I was sleeping,
F C Am
and the vision that was planted in my brain,
still remains,
G Am
within the sound of silence.
Am G
Am
2. In restless dreams I walked alone, narrow
streets of cobble-stone.
C F C
`Neath the halo of a street lamp,
F C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
F
C
when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
a neon light,
Am G Am
that split the night - and touched the
sound of silence.
Am
G Am
3. And in the naked light I saw, ten
thousand people, maybe more,
C F C F C
people talking without speaking ,
people hearing without listening,
F C
people writing songs that voices never
share,
Am G Am
and no-one dare - disturb the sound so
silence.
Am G Am
4. Fools, said I, you do not know, silence
like a cancer grows,
C 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 -
G Am
and echoed in the wells of silence.
Am G Am
5. And the people bowed and prayed to the neon
god they`d made.
C F
C
F C
And the sign flashed out its warning, in
the words that it was forming.
F
And the sign said, the words of the
prophets are written
C Am
in the subway walls, and tenement halls ,
G Am
and whispered in the sound - of silence.
(Simon and Garfunkel)