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