The Sound Of Silence chords by
Paul Simon 
Key: B minor•
Verse 1
Bm
A
Hello darkness, my old friend
Bm
I've come to talk with you again
D
G
Because a vis ion softly creeping
D
G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
D
G
And the vis ion that was
D
planted in my brain
Bm
Still remains
D
A
Bm
Within the sound of si lence
Verse 2
Bm
A
In restless dreams I walked alone
G
Bm
Narrow streets of cobble stone
D
G
D
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
G
D
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
G
When my eyes were stabbed by
D
the flash of a neon light
G
D
Bm
That split the night
D
A
Bm
And touched the sound of si lence
Verse 3
Bm
G
A
And in the naked light I saw
Bm
Ten thousand people, maybe more
D
G
People talking without speaking
D
G
D
People hearing without listen ing
G
People writing songs that
D
voices never share
Bm
And no one dare
D
A
G
Bm
Disturb the sound of si lence
G
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Verse 4
A
G
D
Bm
D
Bm
Silence like a cancer grows
D
G
D
Hear my words that I might teach you
G
D
Take my arms that I might reach you"
G
But my words like silent
D
G
D
Bm
raindrops fell
D
And echoed
A
G
In the wells of si lence
Bm
Verse 5
G
A
And the people bowed and prayed
Bm
To the neon God they made
D
G
D
And the sign flashed it s warn ing
G
D
In the words that it was form ing
And the sign said,
G
"The words of the prophets
D
Are written on the subway wall s
Bm
And tenement halls"
D
A
D
And whispered in the sounds of si lence
Bm
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm A D G
Bm
A
D
G
Capo: 2
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