The Sounds of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel

CAPO 6th Fret

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
      C/B  Am      
Still remains
C          G        Am
Within the sound of silence

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                                        C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
     C/B        Am     
That split the night
C               G        Am
And touched the sound of silence

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                       C
People writing songs that voices never share
       C/B  Am  
And no one dare
C           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   C/B Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell
    C             G        Am
And echoed in the wells of silence

                         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
    C/B      Am        
And tenement halls and 
C                G         Am
Whisper'd in the sounds of silence