The

sound of silence
Moderately
PAUL SIMON

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Hel-lo dark-ness, my old friend I've come to talk with you a - gain

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5 Be - cause a vi - sion soft - ly creep - ing, left its seeds while I was sleep - ing

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And the vi - sion _________ that was plant - ed in my brain still re - mains

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with - in The Sound of Si - lence._____________________

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In rest - less dreams I walked a - lone nar- row streets of cob - ble -

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And in the nak - ed light I saw tenthousand peo - ple, may - be

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'Neath the ha - lo of a street lamp,______

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stone,

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more. Peo - ple talk - ing with - out speak - ing,_______
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I turned my col - lar to the cold and damp_____ When my

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31 peo - ple hear - ing with - out lis - sten - ing_____ Peo - ple

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eyes were stabbed_ by the flash of a ne - on light that split the night

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34 writ - ting songs________ that voi - ces ne - ver share and no one dare

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and touched The Sound_____________ of Si - lence._______________

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38 dis - sturb The Sound_____________ of Si - lence.________________

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41 "Fools!" said I, "You do not know si - lence like a can - cer

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44 grows".___________ "Hear my words that I might teach you._______

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47 Take my arms that I might reach you"____________ But my words like

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51 si - lent rain - drops fell, and

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ech - oed__________ in the wells of si - lence.___________

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57 And the peo - ple bowed and prayed to the ne - on god they

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60 made. And the sign flashed out its warn - ing.__________

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63 In the words that it was form - ing.________ And the signs said "The

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66 words of the proph-ets are writ - ten on the sub - way walls__________ and ten - e - ment

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69 halls" And whis - per'd_____________ in The Sounds Of

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Si - lence.___________________________

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