Published: 2016-08-16 17:22 Selection chords: Ethan Cooper
Tonality
AmG
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Am
Iʼve come to talk with you again,
CFC
Because a vision softly creeping,
FC
Left itʼs seeds while I was sleeping,
FC
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Am
Still remains
CGAm
Within the sound of silence.
AmG
In restless dreams I walked alone
Am
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
CFC
ʼNeath the halo of a street lamp,
FC
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
F
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a
CAm
neon light That split the night
CGAm
And touched the sound of silence.
AmG
And in the naked light I saw
Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
CFC
People talking without speaking,
FC
People hearing without listening,
FC
People writing songs that voices never share
Am
And no one dare
CGAm
Disturb the sound of silence.
AmG
Fools said I, you do not know
Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
CFC
Hear my words that I might teach you,
FC
Take my arms that I might reach you.
FCAm
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
AmGAm
And echoed In the wells of silence
AmG
And the people bowed and prayed
Am
To the neon God they made.
CFC
And the sign flashed out itʼs warning,
FC
In the words that it was forming.
F
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
C
Are written on the subway walls
Am
And tenement halls.
CGAm
And whispered in the sounds of silence.