kapo 6
G#m F#
1. Hello darkness, my old friend,
G#m
I've come to talk with you again,
E H
because a vision softly creeping,
E H
left it's seeds while I was sleeping,
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and the vision that was planted in my brain
G#m
still remains
H F# G#m
within the sound of silence.
F#
2. In restless dreams I walked alone
G#m
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
E H
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
E H
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
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When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
G#m
That split the night
H F# G#m
And touched the sound of silence.
F#
3. And in the naked light I saw
G#m
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
E H
People talking without speaking,
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People hearing without listening,
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People writing songs that voices never share
G#m
And no one dare
H F# G#m
Disturb the sound of silence.
F#
4. Fools said I, you do not know
G#m
Silence like a cancer grows.
E H
Hear my words that I might teach you,
E H
Take my arms that I might reach you.
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But my words like silent raindrops fell,
G#m
And echoed
H F# G#m
In the wells of silence
F#
5. And the people bowed and prayed
G#m
To the neon God they made.
E H
And the sign flashed out it's warning,
E H
In the words that it was forming.
E
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
G#m H
Are written on the subway walls
G#m
And tenement halls.
H F# G#m
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.