Sound of Silence

[Verse 1]
F#m                    E
Hello darkness, my old friend
                           F#m
I've come to talk with you again
                      D     A
Because a vision softly creeping
                       D       A
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
        D                             A
And the vision that was planted in my brain
        F#m              E        F#m
Still remains within the sound of silence
 
[Verse 2]
F#m                        E
In restless dreams I walked alone
                        F#m
Narrow streets of cobblestone
                   D        A
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
                          D        A
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
        D                                        A
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
               F#m  A
That split the night
                E        F#m
And touched the sound of silence
 
[Verse 3]
F#m                      E
And in the naked light I saw
                          F#m
Ten thousand people, maybe more
                  D       A
People talking without speaking
                  D       A
People hearing without listening
               D                       A
People writing songs that voices never share
           F#m
And no one dare
            E        F#m
Disturb the sound of silence
 
[Verse 4]
F#m                     E
Fools said I, you do not know
                      F#m
Silence like a cancer grows
                      D          A
Hear my words that I might teach you
                     D          A
Take my arms that I might reach you
       D                           A        F#m  A
But my words like silent raindrops fell
                  E        F#m
And echoed in the wells of silence
 
[Verse 5]
F#m                      E
And the people bowed and prayed
                   F#m
To the neon God they made
                         D       A
And the sign flashed out it's warning
                      D       A
And the words that it was forming
N.C.
And the sign said
    D                                               A
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
              F#m
And tenement halls
                     E        F#m
And whispered in the sound of silence