Capo 2 fret

[Intro]
 
Em D/A Em
Em D/A Em
 
 
[Verse 1]
(Picked)
 
Em                 D/A
Hello darkness, my old friend 
                           Em
I've come to talk with you again 
                  C      G
Because a vision softly creeping 
          Em         C       G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
Em      C               Csus2   C     G
And the vision that was planted in my brain
      Em                 D/A      Em
Still remains within the sound of silence
 
 
[Verse 2]
(Picked)
 
Em                          D/A
In restless dreams I walked alone
                  Em          (Em - Em7 - Em)
Narrow streets of cobblestone
                   C        G
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
             Em           C        G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
        C                        Csus2    C      G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
     Em        G
That split the night
Em              D/A      Em
And touched the sound of silence
 
 
[Verse 3]
(Light strumming)
 
Em               D/A
And in the naked light I saw
                           Em          (Em - Em7 - Em)
Ten thousand people, maybe more
                C       G
People talking without speaking
       Em         C       G
People hearing without listening
               C          Csus2  C     G
People writing songs that voices never share
           Em
And no one dare
            D/A        Em
Disturb the sound of silence
 
 
[Verse 4]
(Strum)
 
Em                       D/A
Fools said I, you do not know
                      Em          (Em - Em7 - Em)
Silence like a cancer grows
                      C          G
Hear my words that I might teach you
        Em           C             G
Take my arms that I might reach to you
       C          Csus2  C         G
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Em                D/A      Em
And echoed in the wells of silence
 
 
[Verse 5]
(Strum)
 
Em                       D/A
And the people bowed and prayed
                     Em          (Em - Em7 - Em)
To the neon God they made
                     C            G
And the sign flashed out it's warning
        Em            C       G
And the words that it was forming
 
And the sign said
     C                        Csus2          C       G
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
                Em
And tenement halls
                     D/A          Em
And whispered in the sound of silence (Pick the last chord)
 
 
[Outro]
 
Em D/A Em