Sounds of Silence ( Paul Simon )


 Dm                      C 
Hello darkness, my old friend,
                            Dm
I've come to talk with you again,
            F       Bb       F
Because a vision softly creeping,
                      Bb       F
Left it seeds while I was sleeping,
          Bb                            F
And the vision that was planted in my brain
         Dm
Still remains
             C         Dm
Within the sound of silence.


Dm                            C 
In restless dreams I walked alone
                          Dm
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
            F       Bb    F
Neath the halo of street lamp,
                           Bb       F
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
          Bb                              F
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
                Dm
That split the night
                  C         Dm
And touched the sound of silence.


Dm                       C 
And in the naked light I saw
                           Dm
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
           F       Bb       F
People talking without speaking,
                   Bb        F
People hearing without listening,
          Bb                             F
People writing songs that voices never share
            Dm
And no one dare
             C         Dm
Disturb the sound of silence.


  Dm                        C 
"Fools" said I, "You don't know
                        Dm
Silence like a cancer grows.
            F         Bb          F
Hear my words that I might teach you,
                      Bb          F
Thake my arms that I might reach you."
          Bb                         F
But my words like silence raindrops fell,
       Dm
And echoed
        C         Dm
In the wells of silence.


Dm                         C 
And the people bowed and prayed
                      Dm
To the neon god they made.
         F               Bb       F
And the sign flashed out its warning,
                      Bb       F
In the words that it was forming.
          Bb                            
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
                            F                  Dm
Are written on the subway walls, and tenements halls."
                      C         Dm
And whisper'd in the sound of silence.


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