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A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   F       C         C       F         F                 F       C
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G|-2-------0-------|---------2-------|-3-------2-------|-3-----------0---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   C                 Am                G                 Am
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[Verse 1]

Am                            G
    Hello darkness, my old friend
G                                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
              Am
Still remains
            G        Am
Within the sound of silence


[Verse 2]

Am                               G
     In restless dreams I walked alone
G                             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
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
                      Am
That split the night
    C            G        Am
And touched the sound of silence


[Verse 3]

Am                              G
      And in the naked light I saw
G                                 Am
      Ten thousand people, maybe more
                   F        C
People talking without speaking
                   F         C
People hearing without listening
                F                        C
People writing songs that voices never share
                   Am
And no one dared
  C          G        Am
Disturb the sound of silence


[Verse 4]

Am                                  G
     "Fools", said I, "You do not know
G                            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     Am
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
    C
And echoed
        G        Am
In the wells of silence


[Verse 5]

Am                               G
      And the people bowed and prayed
G                           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                                              C
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
                      Am
And tenement halls"
      C               G         Am
And whispered in the sounds of silence


[Outro]
   Asus2
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D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
                                                         (sweep upwards)