Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (Lyrics)

Simon & Garfunkel

Key F#107 BPM

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16

Verse 1

D#Hello N.C.darkness, my old C#friend

I've come to talk with you D#magain

Because a vision F#softly Bcreeping

F#Left its seeds while I was Bsleeping

F#And the vision Bthat was planted in D#mmy brain still remains

Within the C#sound F#of D#silence

Verse 2

In restless D#mdreams, I walked C#alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

D#m'Neath the halo of a street Blamp

I F#turned my collar to the cold Band damp

F#When my eyes were Bstabbed by the flash of a neon F#light that split the night

And touched C#the sound of D#msilence

Verse 3

And in the naked light C#I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe, D#mmore

People talking without speaking

F#People Bhearing without listening

F#People Bwriting songs that Bvoices never shared and F#no one dared

Disturb the C#sound of D#msilence

Verse 4

"Fools," said I, "You do not C#know

Silence like a cancer D#mgrows

Hear my words that I might teach Byou

F#Take my arms that I might Breach you"

F#But my Bwords, like silent raindrops, F#fell

And echoed in the C#wells of silence

Verse 5

D#mAnd the people bowed and C#prayed

To the neon god they D#mmade

And the sign flashed out its Bwarning

F#In the words that it Bwas forming

F#And the sign said, "The words Bof the prophets are written on the subway F#walls and tenement halls

And whispered C#in G#the D#sound of N.C.silence"