The Sound Of Silence Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]

[Verse 1]
Hello darkness, my old [G]friend
I've come to talk with you a[Am]gain
Because a vision soft[F]ly creep[C]ing
Left its seeds while I [F]was sleep[C]ing
And the [F]vision that was planted in my [C]brain
Still re[Am]mains
[C]Within the sou[G]nd of sil[Am]ence

[Verse 2]
In restless dreams I walked a[G]lone
Narrow streets of cobble[Am]stone
'Neath the halo of [F]a street l[C]amp
I turned my collar to the [F]cold and [C]damp
When my [F]eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon [C]light
That split the [Am]night
[C]And touched the sou[G]nd of sil[Am]ence

[Verse 3]
And in the naked light I [G]saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [Am]more
People [C]talking with[F]out speak[C]ing
People hearing with[F]out listen[C]ing
People writing [F]songs that voices never [C]share
And no one [Am]dared
[C]Disturb the sou[G]nd of sil[Am]ence

[Verse 4]
"Fools" said I, "You do not [G]know
Silence like a cancer [Am]grows
Hear my words that I [F]might teach [C]you
Take my arms that I [F]might reach [C]you"
But my [F]words like silent raindrops [C]fell
[Am]And echo[C]ed in the well[G]s of silen[Am]ce

[Verse 5]
And the people bowed and [G]prayed
To the neon god they [Am]made
And the sign flashed out [F]its warn[C]ing
In the words that it [F]was form[C]ing
And the sign said, "The [F]words of the prophets
Are written on the subway [C]walls
And tenement [Am]halls
And [C]whispered in the [G]sounds
of [Am]silence[Am]