Key: C
Genre: Rock
Harp Type: Chromatic
The Sound Of Silence
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Hello darkness, my old friend
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I’ve come to talk with you again
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Because a vision softly creeping
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Left its seeds while I was sleeping
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And the vision that was planted in my brain
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Still remains
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Within the sound of silence
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In restless dreams I walked alone
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Narrow streets of cobblestone
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‘Neath the halo- of a street lamp
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I turn my collar to the cold and damp
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When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a- neon light
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That split the night
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And touched the sound of silence
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And in the naked light I saw
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Ten thousand people maybe more
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People talking without speaking
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People hearing without listening
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People writing songs that voices never shared
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and no one dared
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Disturb the sound of silence
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“Fools,” said I, “you do not know
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Silence like a cancer grows
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Hear my words that I might teach you
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Take my arms that I might reach you”
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But my words like silent raindrops fell
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And echoed in the wells of silence
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And the people bowed and prayed
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To the neon god they made
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And the sign flashed out its warning
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In the words that it was forming
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And the sign said “The words of the prophets
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are written on the subway walls
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And tenement halls
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And whispered in the sound of silence
Lyrics
Join us on the stage
To be the odd Garfunkel to my Paul Simon tonight
Please welcome mister Myles Kennedy
Now fire up those lighter and cellphone
And hold them it up in the air people, now it’s the time
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
Narrow streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
Silence, like a cancer, grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells, of silence
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls”
And whispered in the sounds of silence
