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The Sound Of Silence

Mel O'Joe

by Simon and Garfuncel

Intro	Bm

Bm	A
Hello darkness, my old	friend,

	Bm
I've come to talk with you	again,

	G	D
Because a vision soft	ly creep	ing,

	G	D
Left its seeds while I	was slee	ping,

	G	D
And the	vision that was planted in my	brain

	D/C#	Bm
Still remain	s

D	A	Bm
Within the s	ound of s	ilence.

	A
In restless dreams I wal	ked alone

	Bm
Narrow streets of cobble	stone,

	G	D
'neath the halo of	a street	lamp,

	G	D
I turned my collar to the	cold and	damp

	G	D
When my	eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon	light

	D/C#	Bm
That split the night

	D	A	Bm
A	nd touched the	sound of	silence.

	A
And in the naked light I	saw

	Bm
Ten thousand people, maybe	more.

	G	D
People talking with	out spea	king,

	G	D
People hearing with	out liste	ning,

	G	D
People writing	songs that voices never	share

	D/C#	Bm
And no one dar	e

D	A	Bm
Disturb the	sound of	silence.

	A
Fools said I, you do not	know

	Bm
Silence like a cancer	grows.

	G	D
Hear my words that I	might teach	you,

	G	D
Take my arms that I	might reach	you.

	G	D	D/C#	Bm
But my	words like silent raindrops	fell	,

	D
And	echoed

	A	Bm
In the	wells of	silence

	A
And the people bowed and	prayed

	Bm
To the neon God they	made.

	G	D
And the sign flashed out	its war	ning,

	G	D
In the words that it w	as for	ming.

	G
And the sign said, the	words of the prophets

	D
Are written on the subway w	alls

	D	D/C#	Bm
And tenement	halls.

	D	A	Bm
And whisp	er'd in the	sounds of	silence.