[Intro] Em Em D Hello darkness, my old friend Em I've come to talk with you again C G Because a vision softly creeping C G Left its seeds while I was sleeping C G And the vision that was planted in my brain Em D4/F# G Still remains G D Em Within the sound of silence [Rif 1] E|------9---7---9--------9--------9---------| B|--7---------------10-------9------------7-| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| Em D In restless dreams I walked alone Em Narrow streets of cobblestone C G 'Neath the halo of a street lamp C G I turned my collar to the cold and damp C G When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light G Em D4/F# G That split the night G D Em And touched the sound of silence [Rif 1] E|------9---7---9--------9--------9---------| B|--7---------------10-------9------------7-| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| Em D And in the naked light I saw Em Ten thousand people, maybe more C G People talking without speaking C G People hearing without listening C G People writing songs that voices never share G Em D4/F# G And no one dare G D Em Disturb the sound of silence [Rif 1] E|------9---7---9--------9--------9---------| B|--7---------------10-------9------------7-| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| Em D "Fools", said I, "You do not know Em Silence like a cancer grows C G Hear my words that I might teach you, C G Take my arms that I might reach you" C G But my words like silent raindrops fell Em G D Em And echoed in the wells of silence Em D And the people bowed and prayed Em To the neon god they made C G And the sign flashed out its warning C G In the words that it was forming C G And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls G Em D4/F# G And tenement halls" G D Em And whispered in the sounds of silence [Rif 1] E|------9---7---9--------9--------9---------| B|--7---------------10-------9------------7-| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------|