#4 Sound of Silence - Guitar & Lyrics

[Intro] - 2 Measures - C minor

[Verse 1]
Cmin Bb
Hello darkness, my old friend
Bb Cmin
I've come to talk with you again
Cmin Eb Ab Eb
Because a vision softly creeping
Eb Ab Eb
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
Ab Ab Eb
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Cmin Eb Bb Cmin
Still remains………..Within the sound of silence

[Verse 2]
Cmin Bb
In restless dreams I walked alone
Bb Cmin
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Eb Ab Eb
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Eb Ab Eb
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
Ab
When my eyes were stabbed by
Ab Eb Cmin
The flash of a neon light, That split the night
Eb Bb Cmin
And touched the sound of silence
[Verse 3]
NC Bb
And in the naked light I saw
Bb Cmin
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
Eb Ab Eb
People talking without speaking
Eb Ab Eb
People hearing without listening
Ab Ab Eb
People writing songs that voices never share
Cmin Bb Cmin
And no one dared………...Disturb the sound of silence

[Verse 4]
NC Bb
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Bb Cmin
Silence like a cancer grows
Cmin7 Ab Eb
Hear my words that I might teach you
Cmin7 Ab Eb
Take my arms that I might reach you"
Ab Ab Eb…..Cmin
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
Eb Bb Cmin
And echoed, echoed, echoed, in the wells of silence

[Verse 5]
Bb
And the people bowed and prayed
Bb Cmin
To the neon god they made
Eb Ab Eb
And the sign flashed out its warning
Eb Ab Eb
In the words that it was forming
Ab Ab
And the sign said: "The words of the prophets are
Ab Eb Cmin
Written on the subway walls, And tenement halls
Eb Bb Cmin
And whispered in the sound of silence, silence, silence."