Em                     D
Hello darkness, my old friend
                            Em
I've come to talk with you again
                 C           G
Because a vision softly creeping
Em                      C         G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
         C                                 G            Em
And the visions that was planted in my brain, still remains
            D        Em
Within the sound of silence
                               D
In restless dreams I walked alone
                       Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone
                      C      G
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Em                           C        G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
         C                                          G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of the neon light
                    Em
That split the night
                 D        Em
And touched the sound of silence
                          D
And in the naked light I saw
                            Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more
                  C        G
People talking without speaking
Em                   C        G
People hearing without listening
         C                              G
People writing songs that voices never share
             Em
And no one dare
             D         Em
Disturb the sound of silence
                           D
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
                       Em
Silence like a cancer grows
                      C          G
Hear my words that I might teach you
Em                    C         G
Take my arms that I might reach you"
       C                    G    Em
But my words like silent raidrops fell
      G
And echoed
        D        Em
In the walls of silence
                          D
And the people bowed and prayed
                     Em
To the neon god they made
                     C         G
And the sing flashed out its warning
Em                      C      G
  In the words that it was forming

And the sign said

  C
"The words of the prophets
                          G
Are written on the subway walls
              Em
And tenement halls
       G             D        Em
And whispered in the sound of silence