Hello darkness my old friend I’ve cone to talk with you again
FA SIb FA SIb FAbecause a vision softly_ creeping left its seeds with I wa_s sleeping
SIb FA REm FA DO REmand the vision that was planted in my brain still remains within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone narrow streets of cobble stone
FA SIb FA SIb FA‘neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp
SIb FAwhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of the neon light
that split the night and touched the sound of silence
REm DO REmAnd in the naked light I saw ten thousand people may be more
FA SIb FA SIb FApeople talking without speaking people hearing without listening
people writing songs that voices never share and no one dare disturb the sound of silence
REm DO REmFools, said I, you do not know silence like a cancer grows
FA SIb FA SIbhear my words that I mi_ght teach you take my arms that I mi_ght reach you
but my words like silence raindrop fell and echoed in the wells of silence
REm DO REmAnd the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made
FA SIb FA SIb FAand the sign flashed out its warning in the words that it was forming
and the signs said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
REm FA DO REmand tenement halls and wispered in the sounds of silence
Hello darkness my old friend I’ve
REm..cone to talk with you again
FA SIb FAbecause a vision softly_ creeping
..left its seeds with I wa_s
SIb FA.. sleeping
SIband the vision that was planted in
..my brain still remains within
DO REm..the sound of silence
REm DOIn restless dreams I walked alone
..narrow streets of cobble stone
FA SIb FA‘neath the halo of a street lamp I
SIb..turned my collar to the cold and
..damp
SIbwhen my eyes were stabbed by the
FA..flash of the neon light
that split the night and touched
DO REm..the sound of silence
REm DOAnd in the naked light I saw ten
..thousand people may be more
FA SIb FApeople talking without speaking
SIb..people hearing without listening
SIb
people writing songs that voices
FA REm..never share and no one dare
..disturb the sound of silence
REm DOFools, said I, you do not know
REm..silence like a cancer grows
hear my words that I mi_ght teach
FA SIb..you take my arms that I mi_ght
..reach you
SIbbut my words like silence raindrop
FA REm FA DO..fell and echoed in the wells of
..silence
REm DOAnd the people bowed and prayed to
REm..the neon god they made
and the sign flashed out its
FA..warning in the words that it was
SIb FA..forming
and the signs said the words of
..the prophets are written on the
FA..subway walls
and tenement halls and wispered in
DO REm..the sounds of silence
La canzone venne originariamente registrata come pezzo acustico per il primo album del duo, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., del 1964, ma in seguito furono aggiunte le parti degli strumenti elettrici ed usć come singolo. Nel 1965 Paul Simon la inseŕ nel suo primo LP solista registrato a Londra, 'The Pa