Paul Simon

Hello darkness, my old f ^C riend, I've come to talk with you ag ^Dm ain,
Because a v ^F ision softly c ^Bb reepi ^F ng, left its seeds while I was s ^Bb leepi ^F ng,
And the ^Bb vision that was planted in my br ^F ain still remains, ^{Dm F}
Within the s ^C ound of sil ^Dm ence.
^Dm In restless dreams I walked a ^C lone, narrow streets of cobblest ^Dm one,
'Neath the halo ^F of a st ^Bb reet la ^F mp, I turned my collar to the c ^Bb old and da ^F mp,
When my e ^Bb yes were stabbed by the flash of a neon li ^F ght that split the n ^Dm ight ^F ,
And touched the s ^C ound of ^Dm silence.
^Dm And in the naked light I s ^C aw ten thousand people, maybe m ^Dm ore,
People talking w ^F ithout sp ^Bb eaki ^F ng, people hearing without l ^Bb isteni ^F ng,
People w ^Bb riting songs that voices never sh ^F are, and no one dare, ^{Dm F}
Disturb the s ^C ound of ^Dm silence.
^Dm "Fools!" said I, "You do not kn ^C ow, silence like a cancer gro ^Dm ws."
"Hear my words that ^F I might t ^Bb each y ^F ou, take my arms that I might r ^Bb each y ^F ou."
But my w ^Bb ords like silent raindrops f ^F el ^Dm l, and ech ^F oed in the we ^C lls of ^Dm silence.
And the people bowed and pra ^C yed to the neon god they m ^Dm ade,
And the sign flashed o ^F ut its w ^Bb arni ^F ng, in the words that it was ^Bb formi ^F ng,
And the signs said "The w ^Bb ords of the prophets are written
On the subway wa ^F lls, and tenement halls" ^Dm
And wh ^F isper'd in the sou ^C nds of s ^Dm ilence.