Am            G
Hello darkness my old friend, 
                     Am
I’ve come to talk with you again. 
     C            F            C
Because a vision softly --- creeping 
             F                 C
Left it’s seed while I was --- sleeping, 
            F                            C
And the vision --- that was planted --- in my brain 
     Am
Still remains 
  C     G             Am
Within the sounds of silence. 
 
In restless dreams I walked alone, 
Narrow streets of cobble stone. 
‘Neath the halo of a --- street lamp, 
I turned my collar to the cold and damp, 
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light 
That split the night 
And touched the sounds of silence. 
 
And in the naked light I saw 
Ten thousand people, maybe more. 
People talking without --- speaking, 
People hearing without --- listening, 
People writing --- songs --- that voices --- never shared, 
And no one dared 
Disturb the sounds of silence. 
 
“Fools!” said I, “you do not know, 
Silence like a cancer grows. 
Hear my words that I might --- teach you, 
Take my arms that might --- reach you.” 
But my words --- like silent --- raindrops fell 
And echoed --- in the wells --- of silence. 
 
And the people bowed and prayed 
To the neon gods they made. 
And the sign flashed its --- warning, 
In the words that it was --- forming, 
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are  
written~on --- the subway walls 
And tenement halls.” 
And whispered --- in the sounds --- of silence. 

 Intro: Dm 
 
 Dm                    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 it's seeds while I was 
sleeping 
        Bb                            F               Dm
And the vision that was planted in my brain, still remains 
 F             C         Dm
Within the Sound of Silence 
 
                              C                           Dm
In restless dreams I walked alone, narrow streets of cobblestone 
           F       Bb      F                               Bb  F
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp, I turned my collar to the cold 
and damp 
         Bb                                       F
When my eyes where stabbed by the flash of a neon light 
               Dm      F                C         Dm
That split the night, and touched the sound of silence 
 
                        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                   Dm
People writing songs that voices never shared, and no one dared 
            C        Dm
Disturb the sound of silence 
 
                            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
But my words like silent raindrops fell 
    F             C        Dm
And echoed in the wells of silence. 
 
                         C                          Dm
And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made 
       F                 Bb      F                 
And the sign flashed out it's warning in the words 
       Bb      F
that it was forming 
                       Bb                             F
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written 
on the subway walls 
            Dm         F                 C         Dm
And tenement halls, and whispered in the sounds of silence."