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The Sound of Silence - Paul Simon Chords

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C Dm

Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again,

F Bb F Bb F

Because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping,

Bb F DmF

And the vision that was planted in my brain still remains,

C Dm

Within the sound of silence.

Dm C Dm

In restless dreams I walked alone, narrow streets of cobblestone,

F Bb F Bb F

'Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp,

Bb F Dm F

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light that split the night,

C Dm

And touched the sound of silence.

Dm C Dm

And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people, maybe more,

F Bb F Bb F

People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening,

Bb F DmF

People writing songs that voices never share, and no one dare,

C Dm

Disturb the sound of silence.

Dm C Dm

"Fools!" said I, "You do not know, silence like a cancer grows."

F Bb F Bb F

"Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms that I might reach you."

Bb F Dm F C Dm

But my words like silent raindrops fell, and echoed in the wells of silence.

C Dm

And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made,

F Bb F Bb F

And the sign flashed out its warning, in the words that it was forming,

Bb

And the signs said "The words of the prophets are written

F Dm

On the subway walls, and tenement halls"

F C Dm

And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

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