Sound Of Silence [Am] - Simon & Gurfunkal
Intro:
(Gentle Strums):
Am Am
[Verse 1]
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 C G Am
Still re--mains within the sound of silence.
[Verse 2]
(Normal Strumming):
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 C 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 liste--ning,
F C
People writing songs that voices never share
Am C G Am
And no one dare,- disturb the sound of silence.
[Verse 4]
Strong Strumming:
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 G G G Am
And echoed in the well-------s 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 G G G Am
and tenement halls. And whisper'd in the sound-----s of silence.