{title: The Sound of Silence} {artist: Simon & Garfunkel} {key: Em} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 80} {capo: 0} {comment: Intro - Play slowly, fingerpicked or arpeggiated} [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [C] [C] [G] [G] [D] [D] [Em] [Em] {start_of_verse} [Em]Hello [C]darkness, my [G]old [D]friend I've [Em]come to [C]talk with [G]you [D]again Because [Em]a vision [C]softly [G]creeping Left its [D]seeds while I was [Em]sleeping And the [C]vision [G]that was [D]planted in my [Em]brain Still re[D]mains [C]within the [G]sound of [D]si[Em]lence {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse} [Em]In [C]restless [G]dreams I [D]walked a[D]lone Nar[Em]row [C]streets of [G]cobble[D]stone 'Neath the [Em]halo of a [C]street lamp I [G]turned my [D]collar to the [Em]cold and [C]damp When my [G]eyes were [D]stabbed by the [Em]flash of a [C]neon [G]light That [D]split the [Em]night And to[C]uched the [G]sound of [D]si[Em]lence {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse} [Em]And in [C]the [G]naked [D]light I [Em]saw Ten [C]thou[G]sand [D]people, per[Em]haps more Peo[C]ple [G]talk-ing [D]with[out] speak-ing And [Em]hear-ing [C]with[out] [G]hear-ing Peo[D]ple [Em]write-ting [C]songs that [G]voices [D]ne[Em]ver share And no[C] one [G]dared [D]dis-turb the [Em]sound of [C]si[G]lence {end_of_verse} {start_of_bridge} [Em]“Folks, you [C]don’t know [G]the [D]words!” [Em]No, my [C]words like [G]the [D]tumors [Em]Breed in [C]darkness, [G]where no [D]one can [Em]see Be[C]ware [G]the [D]si[Em]lence Be[C]ware, [G]the [D]si[Em]lence {end_of_bridge} {start_of_verse} [Em]The [C]words of [G]the [D]prophets Are [Em]writ on [C]sub-way [G]walls [D] And [Em]tenement [C]halls And [G]whis[D]pered in the [Em]sound of [C]si[G]lence {end_of_verse} {comment: Outro - Repeat and fade softly} [Em] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] {end_of_song}