Am
Hello
darkness, my old
G
friend,
I've come to talk with you
Am
again,
Because a vision soft
F
ly
creep-
C
ing,
Left its seeds while I
F
was
slee-
C
ping,
And the
F
vision
that was planted in my
C
brain
Still remains
Am
C
Within
the
G
sound
of
Am
silence
In restless dreams I walked a-
G
lone
Narrow streets of cobble-
Am
stone,
'neath the halo of
F
a
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
That split the night
Am
C
And
touched the
G
sound
of
Am
silence
And in the naked light I
G
saw
Ten thousand people, maybe
Am
more
People talking with-
F
out
spea-
C
king,
People hearing with-
F
out
liste-
C
ning,
People writing
F
songs
that voices never
C
share
And no one dare
Am
C
Disturb
the
G
sound
of
Am
silence
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 arms that I
F
might
reach
C
you
But my
F
words
like silent raindrops
C
fell,
Am
And
C
echoed
In the
G
wells
of
Am
silence
And the people bowed and
G
prayed
To the neon God they
Am
made
And the sign flashed out
F
its
war-
C
ning,
In the words that it
F
was
for-
C
ming
And the sign said, the
F
words
of the prophets
Are written on the subway
C
walls
And tenement
C
halls
Am
And whisp-
C
er'd
in the
G
sounds
of
Am
silence