{title: The Sound of Silence (original)}
{artist: Simon & Garfunkel 1964}
#source: https://youtu.be/Oi8W_C5fI5k
[D#sus2]__ Hello darkness, my old [C#]friend
I've come to talk with you a[D#sus2]gain
Because a vision soft-[B]ly cree-[F#]ping
Left its seeds while I [B]was slee-[F#]ping
And the [B]vision [Bsus4]that was [B]planted [Bsus4]in my [F#]brain
[F#sus4]Still re[F#]mains [D#m]
[F#]Within the [C#]sound of [D#m]silence.
In restless dreams I walked a[C#]lone
Narrow streets of cobble[D#m]stone [C#] [D#m]
'Neath the halo of [B]a street[F#]lamp
I turned my collar to the [B]cold and [F#]damp
When my [B]eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [F#]light
[F#sus4]That split the [F#]night [D#m]
[F#]And touched the [C#]sound of [D#m]silence. [C#] [D#m]
And in the naked light I [C#]saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [D#m]more [C#] [D#m]
People talking with-[B]out spea-[F#]king
People hearing with-[B]out liste-[F#]ning
People writing [B]songs that voices never [F#]share
[F#sus4]No one [F#]dare [D#m]
[F#]Disturb the [C#]sound of [D#m]silence. [C#] [D#m]
"Fools" said I, "You do not [C#]know
Silence like a cancer [D#m]grows [C#] [D#m]
Hear my words that I [B]might teach [F#]you
Take my arms that I [B]might reach [F#]you"
But my [B]words like silent raindrops [F#]fell [F#sus4] [F#] [D#m]
And [F#]echoed in the [C#]wells of [D#m]silence. [C#] [D#m]
And the people bowed and [C#]prayed
To the neon god they [D#m]made [C#] [D#m]
And the sign flashed out [B]its war-[F#]ning
In the words that it [B]was for-[F#]ming
And the sign said "The [B]words of the prophets
Are written on the subway [F#]walls
[F#sus4]And tenement [F#]halls [D#m]
[F#]And whispered in the [C#]sounds of [D#sus2]silence." [D#m]
