The Sound of Silence

Intro Emadd9 | ||x2 D* -----------------|----------------| -----0---2-----0-|----2- -----------------|----------------| -------3---3-----|3----- ---------0-------|----0-----------| ---2---------2---|--2--- -----4-----4---4-|----------------| -0---------------|------ ---2---2-----2---|2---------------| -----------------|------ -0---------------|--0-------------| -----------------|------ D* Emadd9 Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again C G C G Because a vision softly creeping left its seeds while I was sleeping C G Em* And the vision that was planted in my brain ------------ Em D Em* --0-0-0-0--- Still remains within the sound of silence ---2-0------ -2-----4-2-- D Em ------------ In restless dreams I walked alone narrow streets of cobblestone ------------ C G C G 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp C G Em G D Em* That split the night and touched the sound of silence D Em And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people, maybe more C G C G People talking without speaking; people hearing without listening C G People writing songs that voices never share Em D Em* And no one dared disturb the sound of silence D Em Fools said I, you do not know, silence like a cancer grows C G Hear my words that I might teach you C G Take my arms that I might reach to you C G Em G D Em But my words like silent raindrops fell and echoed in the wells of silence D Em And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made C G C G And the sign flashed out it's warning and the words that it was forming C G And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls Em G Em D Em* Em* Em* D Em And tenement halls and whispered in the sound of silence