Sounds Of Silence

Simon and Garfunkel

Key AmDifficulty 2

In Key of Am

Am Hello darkness, my old G friend

I've come to talk with you Am again

Because a vision soft-F]-ly creep-C-ing

Left its seeds while I wa-F-as sleep-C-ing

And the F vision that was F/C planted in my C brain

Still re-Am-mains within the G sound of Am silence

Am In restless dreams I walked a-G-lone

Narrow streets of cobble-Am-stone

'Neath the halo of a-F-a street C lamp

I turned my collar to the F cold and C damp

When my F eyes were stabbed by the F/C flash of a neon C light

That split the Am night, and touched the G sound of Am silence.

Am And in the naked light I G saw

Ten thousand people, maybe Am more

People talking with-F-out speak-C-ing

People hearing with-F-out listen-C-ing

People writing F songs that F/C voices never C share

And no one Am dared disturb the G sound of Am silence

Am "Fools", said I, "You do not G know

Silence like a cancer Am grows

Hear my words that I mi-F-ight teach C you

Take my arms that I mi-F-ight reach C you"

But my F words, like F/C silent raindrops C fell

And Am echoed In the G wells of Am silence

Am And the people bowed and G prayed

To the neon god they Ammade

And the sign flashed out F its warn-C-ing

In the words that it wa-F-as form-C-ing

And the sign said, "The F words of the prophets are F/C written on the subway C walls

And tenement Am halls" and whispered in the G sounds of Am silence