Sounds of Silence Simon and Garfunkel # 012 - 2
 
 
Am  G
Hello darkness my old friend,
  Am
I've come to talk with you again.
    F C
Because a vision softly creeping
  F C
Left it's seed while I was sleeping,
  F  C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
 Am C  G Am
Still remains Within the sounds of silence.
 
 
Am G
In restless dreams I walked alone,
  Am
Narrow streets of cobble stone.
  F C 
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
  F C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
  F 
When my eyes were stabbed
 C
by the flash of a neon light
`  Am 
That split the night 
C  G  Am
And touched the sounds of silence.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  # 012 - 2
 
Am  G  Am
And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more.
  F C
People talking without speaking,
  F C
People hearing without listening,
  F  C
People writing songs that voices never shared,
  Am C  G Am
And no one dared Disturb the sounds of silence.
 
 
Am  G
"Fools!" said I, "you do not know,
 Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
   F C
Hear my words that I might teach you,
  F C
Take my arms that I might reach you."
  F C Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell...
 C   G Am
And echoed in the wells of silence.
 
 
Am  G
And the people bowed and prayed
  Am
To the neon gods they made.
  F C
And the sign flashed out its warning,
  F C
In the words that it was forming,
F  C
And The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
 Am
And tenement halls."
 C G Am
And whispered in the sounds of silence.