Capo 1
Intro
[Dm]
Verse 1
[Dm] Hello darkness, my old [C] friend
[C] I've come to talk with you [Dm] again
[Dm] Because a vision [A#] softly, [F] creeping
[F] Left its seeds while I [A#] was, [F] sleeping
[F] And the [A#] vision, that was
[A#] planted in my [F] brain… still [F] [Dm] remains
[F] Within the [C] sound of [Dsus2] silence
Verse 2
[Dm] In restless dreams I walked [C] alone
[C] Narrow streets of cobble [Dm] stone
[Dm] 'Neath the halo of [A#] a street [F] lamp
[F] I turned my collar to the [A#] cold and [F] damp
[F] When my [A#] eyes were stabbed by the [A#] flash of a neon [F] light
That split the [F] [Dm] night
[F] And touched the [C] sound, of [Dm] silence
Verse 3
[Dm] And in the naked light I [C] saw
[C] Ten thousand people maybe [Dm] more
[Dm] People talking with [A#] out [F] speaking
[F] People hearing with [A#] out liste [F] ning
[F] People writing [A#] songs, that [A#] voices never [F] shared
And no one [F] [Dm] dared
[F] Disturb the [C] sound, of [Dm] silence
Verse 4
[Dm] "Fools, " said I, "You do not [C] know
[C] Silence like a cancer [Dm] grows"
[Dm] Hear my words that I [A#] might teach [F] you
[F] Take my arms that I [A#] might reach [F] you"
[F] But my [A#] words, like [A#] silent raindrops [F] fell [F] [Dm]
[F] Echoed in the [C] wells, of [Dm] silence
Verse 5
[Dm] And the people bowed and [C] prayed
[C] To the neon god they [Dm] made
[Dm] And the sign flashed out [A#] its [F] warning
[F] In the words that it [A#] was [F] forming
[F] And the sign said, "The [A#] words of
the prophets are [A#] written on the subway [F] walls,
And tenement [F] [Dm] halls"
And [F] whispered in the [C] sounds, of [Dsus2] silence" [Dsus2] [Dm]