Sounds of Silence

by Simon & Garfunkel

Capo Fret 7 Am G Hello darkness my old fri end, Am I've come to talk with you ag ain. C F C Because a vision softly creeping F C Left it's seed while I w as sleeping, F C And the vision that was planted in my br ain Am Still remains C G Am Within the sounds of silence. G In restless dreams I walked al one, Am Narrow streets of cobble stone. F C 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, F C I turned my collar to the c old and damp, F C When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon l ight Am That split the ni ght C G Am And touched the sou nds of silence.

G And in the naked light I s aw Am Ten thousand people, maybe m ore. F C People talking witho ut speaking, F C

People hearing witho ut listening, F C People writing so ngs that voices never sha red, Am And no one da red C G Am Disturb the sou nds of silence.

G "Fools!" said I, "you do not kn ow, Am Silence like a cancer gro ws. F C Hear my words that I mi ght teach you, F C Take my arms that I mi ght reach out to y ou." F C But my words like silent raindrops fe ll Am G Am And echoed in the wel ls of silence. G And the people bowed and pra yed Am To the neon gods they ma de. F C And the sign flashed out i ts warning, F C In the words that it w as forming, F C And the sign said, "The wor ds of the prophets are written on the subway wal ls Am And tenement ha lls." C G Am And whispered in the so unds of silence. A4 pluck strings Am Strum

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