Sound Of Silence * - Simon & Gurfunkal Am G Hello darkness, my old friend, Am I've come to talk with you a--gain, C F C Because a vision softly is creep--ing, F C Left its seeds while I wa--as sleep--ing, F C And the vision that was planted in my brain Am G Am Still re--mains within the sound of silence. [Verse 2] G In restless dreams I walked a--lone Am Narrow streets of cobble--stone, C F C 'neath the halo of a street lamp, F C I turned my collar to the cold and damp F C When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light Am G Am That split the night - and touched the sound of silence. [Verse 3] G And in the naked light I saw Am Ten thousand people, maybe more. C F C People talking with--out speak--ing, F C People hearing with--out listening, F C People writing songs that voices never share Am G Am And no one dare,- disturb the sound of silence. [Verse 4] G Fools said I, you do not know Am Silence like a cancer grows. C F C Hear my words that I mi--ight teach you, F C Take my arms that I mi--ight reach you. F C Am But my words like silent raindrops fell,-- G Am And echoed in the wells of silence [Verse 5] G And the people bowed and prayed Am To the neon God they made. C F C And the sign flashed out it's warn--ing, F C In the words that it was form--ing. F C And the sign said, the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls Am G Am and tenement halls. And whisper'd in the sounds **- of silence.