**Chords:**
Am G F C
Am G F C
Am G Hello darkness, my old friend, F C I’ve come to talk with you again. Am G Because a vision softly creeping, F C Left its seeds while I was sleeping. Am G And the vision that was planted in my brain F C Still remains within the sound of silence.
Am G In restless dreams, I walked alone F C Narrow streets of cobblestone. Am G ‘Neath the halo of a street lamp, F C I turned my collar to the cold and damp. Am G When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light F C That split the night and touched the sound of silence.
Am G And in the naked light, I saw F C Ten thousand people, maybe more. Am G People talking without speaking, F C People hearing without listening. Am G People writing songs that voices never share F C And no one dared disturb the sound of silence.
Am G “Fools,” said I, “You do not know F C Silence like a cancer grows. Am G Hear my words that I might teach you, F C Take my arms that I might reach you.” Am G But my words, like silent raindrops fell, F C And echoed in the wells of silence.
Am G And the people bowed and prayed F C To the neon god they made. Am G And the sign flashed out its warning F C In the words that it was forming. Am G And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls F C And tenement halls, and whispered in the sound of silence.”