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Sounds of Silence Am Capo 3

Am Hello darkness my old G friend, I’ve come to talk with you Am again.
Because a vision F softly C creeping
Left it’s seed while I F was C sleeping,
And the F vision that was planted in my C brain Still Am remains
C Within the G sounds of Am silence.

Am In restless dreams I walked G alone, Narrow streets of cobble Am stone.
‘Neath the halo of a F street C lamp,
I turned my collar to the F cold and C damp,
When my F eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon C light split the Am night
C And touched the G sounds of Am silence.

Am And in the naked light I G saw Ten thousand people, maybe Am more.
People talking F without C speaking,
People C hearing F without C listening,
People writing F songs that voices never C shared, And no one Am dared
C Disturb the G sounds of Am silence.

Am Fools! said I, you do not G know, Silence like a cancer Am grows.
Hear my words that I F might teach C you,
Take my C arms that I F might reach C you.”
But my F words like silent raindrops C fell… Am
C And echoed in the G wells of Am silence.

Am And the people bowed and G prayed To the neon gods they Am made.
And the sign flashed out F its C warning,
In the C words that it F was C forming,
And the sign said, The F words of the prophets are written on the subway
C walls And tenement Am halls.”
C And whispered in G the sounds of Am silence.