Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel Intro: (Gentle Strums) [Em] Verse 1: Hello darkness my old [D] friend I’ve come to talk with you a[Em]gain Because a vision soft[C]ly creep[G]ing Left its seeds while I [C] was slee[G]ping And the [C] vision that was planted in my [G] brain Still re[Em]mains [G] Within the [D] sound... of [Em] silence [Stop] Verse 2: (Normal Strumming) In restless dreams I walked a[D]lone Narrow streets of cobbled [Em] stone ‘Neath the halo of [C] a street [G] lamp I turned my collar to the [C] cold and [G] damp When my [C] eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [G] light That split the [Em] night [G] And touched the [D] sound... of [Em] silence Verse 3: And in the naked light I [D] saw Ten thousand people maybe [Em] more People talking with[C]out spea[G]king People hearing with[C]out listen[G]ing People writing [C] songs that voices never [G] share And no one [Em] dared [G] Disturb the [D] sound... of [Em] silence Verse 4: “FOOLS!” said I, you do not [D] know Silence like a cancer [Em] grows Hear my words that I [C] might teach [G] you Take my arms that I [C] might reach [G] you But my [C] words like silent raindrops [G] fell [extra bar] [G] And e[G]choed In the [D] wells of [Em] silence Verse 5: And the people bowed and [D] prayed To the neon God they [Em] made And the sign flashed out [C] its war[G]ning In the words that it [C] was for[G]ming And the sign said, the [C] words of the prophets are written on the subway [G] walls And tenement [Em] halls And [G] whispered... in the [D] sounds... of [Em - gentle strums] silence.