The Sound Of Silence - Paul Simon - 53 bpm

Hello [Am]darkness, my old [G]friend, [][]I've come to [G]talk with you a[Am]gain,[][C]
Because a [C]vision softly-[F]y creep[C]ing,[]left its [C]seeds while I wa-[F]as slee[C]ping,[]
And the [F]vision []that was []planted[]in my [C]brain[]still re[]mains[Am] 
 [C]within the [G]sound [][Am]of silence.[][]

In restless [Am]dreams I walked a[G]lone, [][]narrow [G]streets of cobble[Am]stone.[][C]
'Neath the [C]halo of a-[F]a street [C]lamp,[]I turned my [C]collar to the [F]cold and [C]damp,[C]
When my [F]eyes were []stabbed by the []flash of a []neon [C]light []that split the []night [Am]
 [C]and touched the [G]sound of [][Am]silence.[][]

And in the [Am]naked light I [G]saw [][]ten thousand []people, maybe [Am]more.[][C]
People [C]talking witho-[F]ut spea[C]king, []people []hearing witho-[F]ut liste[C]ning,[]
People writting [F]songs []that []voices []never [C]share []and no one []dare[Am] 
 [C]disturb the [G]sound []of [Am]silence.[][]

"Fools" said [Am]I, "You do not [G]know, [][]silence []like a cancer [Am]grows.[][C]
Hear my [C]words that I mi-[F]ight teach [C]you. []Take my []arms that I mi-[F]ght reach [C]you."[]
But my [F]words []like []silent []raindrops [C]fell,[][]and echoed [Am]
 [C]in the [G]wells of [][Am]silence.[][]

And the [Am]people bowed and [G]prayed [][]to the []neon god they [Am]made.[][C]
And the [C]sign flashed out i-[F]its war[C]ning, []in the []words that it wa-[F]as for[C]ming.[]
The sign said, "The [F]words of the []prophets are []written on the []subway [C]walls []and tenement []halls [Am]
 [C]and whispered []in the [G]sound of[] [Am]silence. “[][]
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