Simon And Garfunkel — The Sound Of Silence

Capo 6 (Capo 7 in concert version)

Verse 1:
Am                          G
  Hello darkness, my old friend,
                              Am 
  I've come to talk with you again,
                        F       C
  Because a vision softly creeping,
                          F       C
  Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
           F                              C   
  And the vision that was planted in my brain
C/B        Am  C/B
  Still remains
C             G        Am
  Within the sound of silence.

Verse 2:
                                G
  In restless dreams I walked alone
                           Am
  Narrow streets of cobblestone,
                     F         C
  'neath the halo of a street lamp,
                             F        C
  I turned my collar to the cold and damp
           F                                        C Fmaj7 C
  When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
        C/B       Am  C/B
  That split the night
C                  G        Am
  And touched the sound of silence.

Verse 3:
                            G
  And in the naked light I saw
                             Am
  Ten thousand people, maybe more.
                     F        C
  People talking without speaking,
                     F         C
  People hearing without listening,
                  F                        C Fmaj7 C     
  People writing songs that voices never share
     C/B      Am  C/B
  And no one dare
C              G        Am
  Disturb the sound of silence.

Verse 4:
                            G
  Fools said I, you do not know
                         Am
  Silence like a cancer grows.
                        F           C
  Hear my words that I might teach you,
                       F           C
  Take my arms that I might reach you.
          F                           C Fmaj7 C
  But my words like silent raindrops fell,

C/B Am C/B

      C              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.
                           F       C
  And the sign flashed out its warning,
                        F      C
  In the words that it was forming.
                          F                   
  And the sign said, the words of the prophets 
                            C Fmaj7 C
  Are written on the subway walls
       C/B      Am  C/B
  And tenement halls.
        C               G         Am
  And whispered in the sounds of silence.