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              C2      C     G
And the vision that was planted in my brain
       Em
Still remains
           D        Em
Within the sound of silence

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                          C2      C     G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
     Em        
That split the night
               D        Em
And touched the sound of silence

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          C2     C     G
People writing songs that voices never share
           Em  (G - Em)
And no one dare
            D        Em
Disturb the sound of silence

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 to you
       C          C2     C         G
But my words like silent raindrops fell
(G  -  Em)          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 it's warning
                     C       G
And the words that it was forming

And the sign said 
     C                        C2             C       G
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
                Em
And tenement halls
        D          
And whispered in the sound