The Sound Of Silence chords by Pentatonix

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
Em            D
  Hello darkness, my old friend,
              Em
I've come to talk with you again,
           C    G
Because a vision softly creeping,
            C    G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
    C               G
And the vision that was planted in my brain
      G/F# Em
Still remains
G      D    Em
Within the sound of silence.

Verse 2:
            D
In restless dreams I walked alone
            Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
          C    G
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
             C    G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
    C                    G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
          G/F# Em
That split the night
 G       D    Em
And touched the sound of silence.

Verse 3:
             D
And in the naked light I saw
              Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
          C    G
People talking without speaking,
          C    G
People hearing without listening,
        C            G
People writing songs that voices never share
       G/F# Em
And no one dare
G      D    Em
Disturb the sound of silence.

Verse 4:
             D
Fools said I, you do not know
           Em
Silence like a cancer grows.
           C      G
Hear my words that I might teach you,
          C      G
Take my arms that I might reach you.
    C              G  G/F# Em
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
  G
And echoed
    D    Em
In the wells of silence

Verse 5:
             D
And the people bowed and prayed
           Em
To the neon God they made.
             C   G
And the sign flashed out its warning,
           C   G
In the words that it was forming.
            C
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
              G
Are written on the subway walls
       G   G/F# Em
And tenement halls.
     G      D     Em
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.