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Version 1 Version 3
[Intro]
e|-----4---5-----4-------5-------| x2 e|---9-7-9----9---9---|
B|-----------7-------------------| B|-7-------10---9---7-| Optional piano part, played instead of F#m
G|---6---------6-------6---------| G|--------------------| between the verses
D|-4-----4-----------4-----------| D|--------------------|
A|-------------------------------| A|--------------------|
E|-------------------------------| E|--------------------|
Correct D5 chord - the way I play it
e|-----2---4-2---2---------------| e|-5-|
B|-------------------------------| B|-3-|
G|---4---------4-----------------| G|-2-|
D|-2-----2-----------------------| D|-0-|
A|-------------------------------| A|-0-|
E|-------------------------------| E|-x-|
[Pre-Verse] - only played once
D A x2 D A
[Verse 1]
F#m E
Hello darkness, my old friend
F#m
I've come to talk with you again
D A
Because a vision softly creeping
F#m D A
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
F#m D D5 D A
And the vision that was planted in my brain
F#m E F#m
Still remains within the sound of silence
[Verse 2]
F#m E
In restless dreams I walked alone
F#m
Narrow streets of cobblestone
D A
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
F#m D A
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
D D5 D A
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
F#m A
That split the night
F#m E F#m
And touched the sound of silence
[Verse 3]
F#m E
And in the naked light I saw
F#m
Ten thousand people, maybe more
D A
People talking without speaking
D A
People hearing without listening
D D5 D A
People writing songs that voices never share
F#m
And no one dare
E F#m
Disturb the sound of silence
[Verse 4]
F#m E
Fools said I, you do not know
F#m
Silence like a cancer grows
D A
Hear my words that I might teach you
D A
Take my arms that I might reach you
D D5 D A
But my words like silent raindrops fell
F#m A E F#m
And echoed in the wells of silence
[Verse 5]
F#m E
And the people bowed and prayed
F#m
To the neon God they made
D A
And the sign flashed out it's warning
D A
And the words that it was forming
N.C.
And the sign said
D D5 D A
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
F#m
And tenement halls
E F#m
And whispered in the sound of silence