Hello darkness, my old friend [Verse] G# G#
I've come to talk with you again Bbm Bbm
Because a vision softly creeping F#-C# C#
Left its seeds while I was sleeping F#-C# (C#½)
And the vision that was planted F# F#
in my brain - Still remains C# C#
Within the sound of silence (C#½)
G# Bbm
In restless dreams, I walked alone Bbm-X
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp [Intro]
I turned my collar to the cold and damp Bbm Bbm
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash
of a neon light - That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
[Verse]
And in the naked light I saw (C#) (…)
Ten thousand people, maybe more ╔════════════╗
People talking without speaking ║ The Sound ║
People hearing without listening ║ of Silence ║
People writing songs that voices ║ Simon & ║
never shared - And no one dared ║ Garfunkel ║
Disturb the sound of silence ╚════════════╝
Fools, said I, you do not know [Verse]
Silence, like a cancer, grows (…) (C#)
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words, like silent raindrops, fell
And echoed - In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed [Verse]
To the neon god they made (C#) (C#)
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, the words of the prophets are
written on the subway walls - And tenement halls
And whispered - In the sound of silence