Simon & Garfunkel
the Sound of Silence

Song :
D
Intro :
Dm
Dm                     C
Hello darkness, my old friend,
                           Dm
I've come to talk with you again,
                  Bb      F          
Because a vision soft creeping,
          Dm           Bb      F                  
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping,
         Bb                            F                          
And the vision that was planted in my brain
       Dm       
Still remains
             C       Dm               
Within the sound of silence.

 Dm                          C         
In restless dreams I walked alone
                        Dm
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
 Dm                Bb       F
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
              Dm           Bb       F
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
        Bb                                                                                              
When my eyes were stabbed 
                        F
by the flash of a neon light
               Dm
That split the night
                   C        Dm
And touched the sound of silence.

Dm                        C
  And in the naked light I saw
                             Dm
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
                   Bb      F
People talking without speaking,
Dm                 Bb         F
People hearing without listening,
          Bb                             F
People writing songs that voices never share
           Dm
And no one dare
             C        Dm
Disturb the sound of silence.

Dm                       C
 Fools said I, you do not know
                      Dm
Silence like a cancer grows.
                        Bb           F
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Dm                Bb            F
Take my arms that I might reach you.
         Bb                         F
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
      Dm
And echoed
       C        Dm
In the wells of silence

Dm                          C
 And the people bowed and prayed
                       Dm
To the neon God they made.
                         Bb      F
 And the sign flashed out it's warning,
Dm                Bb       F
In the words that it was forming.
         Dm              Bb          F
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
      Bb                      F
Are written on the subway walls
               Dm
And tenement halls.
                      C         Dm      
And whispered in the sounds of silence.