The sound of silence

1. ^DmiHello darkness my old f^Criend, I've come to talk with you ag^Dmiain
^Bbbeca^Fuse a vision softly creeping ^Bbleft ^Fit seeds while I was sleeping
and the vision that was plante^Fd in my brain still re^Dmimains ^Fwithin the ^Csound of ^Dmisilence.

2. ^DmiIn restless dreams I walked a^Clone narrow streets of cobble-^Dmistone
^BbBeneath ^Fthe halo of a street lamp
^BbI turned ^Fmy collar to the cold and damp
^Bbwhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of ^Fa neon light
that spilt the ^Dminight and ^Ftouched the ^Csound of ^Dmisilence.

3. ^DmiAnd in the naked light I ^Csaw ten thousand people maybe ^Dmimore,
^Bbpeop^Fle talking without speaking ^Bbpeopl^Fe hearing without listening
^Bbpeople writing songs that voices ^Fnever share and no one ^Dmidare d^Fisturb the ^Csound of ^Dmisilence.

4. "^DmiFools!" said I "you do not ^Cknow silence like a cancer ^Dmigrows,
^Bbhear m^Fy words that I might teach you ^Bbtake m^Fy arms that I might reach you."
^BbBut my words like silent rai^Fndrops fell and ^Dmiechoed in the ^Cwells of ^Dmisilence.

5. ^DmiAnd the people bowed and ^Cprayed to the neon god they ^Dmimade
^Bband ^Fthe sign flashed out its warning ^Bbin ^Fthe words that it was forming
^Bband the sign said: "The words of the prophets are written on the subway ^Fwalls
and tenament ^Dmihalls" and ^Fwhisper'd in the ^Csounds of ^Dmisilence.