Intro: [Em/]x5

(pause)
Hello darkness my old [D] friend ..
I’ve come to talk with you a[Em]gain ..
Because a vision soft[C//]ly [G]creeping ..
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 ..
Within the [D]sound… of [Em]silence ..

(pause)
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 ..
And touched the [D]sound… of [Em]silence ..

(pause)
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]dare ..
Disturb the [D]sound… of [Em]silence

(pause)
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 .. [G] ..
And e[Em]choed.. In the [D]wells of [Em]silence

(pause)
And the people bowed and [D]prayed..
To the neon God they [Em]made..
And the sign flashed [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 [Em]whispered… in the [D]sounds… of [Em/]silence