Sound of silence

Hello darkness, my old friend,	a G
I've come to talk with you again,	a
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	F C
Still remains	C/H a
Within the sound of silence.	C G a

In restless dreams I walked alone	G
Narrow streets of cobblestone,	a
'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	F C
That split the night	C/H a
And touched the sound of silence.	C G a

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

Fools said I, you do not know	G
Silence like a cancer grows.	a
Hear my words that I might teach you,	F C
Take my arms that I might reach you.	F C
But my words like silent raindrops fell,	F C C/H a
And echoed	C
In the wells of silence	G a

And the people bowed and prayed	G
To the neon God they made.	a
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	F
Are written on the subway walls	C
And tenement halls.	C C/H a
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.	C G a