THE SOUND OF SILENCE

Paul Simon - Sito ufficiale

Lam                                       Sol

Hello darkness my old friend,

                                                          Lam

I've come to talk with you again.

                     Do              Fa       Do

Because a vision softly creeping

                                        Fa         Do

Left it's seed while I was sleeping,

                     Fa                                            Do

And the vision that was planted in my brain 

                Lam

still remains

    Do          Sol                 Lam

Within the sounds of silence.

 

Lam                                       Sol

In restless dreams I walked alone,

                                                          Lam

Narrow streets of cobble stone.

                     Do              Fa       Do

'Neath the halo of a street lamp,

                                        Fa         Do

I turned my collar to the cold and damp,

                     Fa                                                     Do

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

                Lam            Do              Sol                 Lam

That split the night and touched the sounds of silence

 

Lam                                       Sol

And in the naked light I saw

                                                          Lam

Ten thousand people, maybe more.

                     Do              Fa       Do

People talking without speaking,

                                        Fa         Do

People hearing without listening,

                     Fa                                                     Do

People writing songs that voices never shared,

                Lam              Do        Sol           Lam

And no one dared Disturb the sounds of silence.

 

Lam                                       Sol

"Fools!" said I, "you do not know,

                                             Lam

Silence like a cancer grows.

                     Do              Fa       Do

Hear my words that I might teach you,

                                        Fa         Do

Take my arms that I might reach you."

                     Fa                                      Do

But my words like silent raindrops fell...

     Lam              Do        Sol           Lam

And echoed in the wells of silence.

 

Lam                                       Sol

And the people bowed and prayed

                                                          Lam

To the neon gods they made.

                     Do              Fa       Do

And the sign flashed out its warning,

                                        Fa         Do

In the words that it was forming,

                     Fa                                                     Do

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

                Lam

And tenement halls."

    Do          Sol                 Lam

And whispered in the sounds of silence

 

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