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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Version 9 Version 10 Version 11The Sound Of Silence [Verse 1] F#m E Hello darkness, my old friend, F#m I've come to talk with you again, D A Because a vision softly creeping, D A Left its seeds while I was sleeping, D A And the vision that was planted in my brain F#m Still remains E F#m Within the sound of silence. [Verse 2] E In restless dreams I walked alone F#m Narrow streets of cobblestone, D A 'neath the halo of a street lamp, D A I turned my collar to the cold and damp D C When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light F#m That split the night E F#m And touched the sound of silence. [Verse 3] E And in the naked light I saw F#m Ten thousand people, maybe more. D A People talking without speaking, D A People hearing without listening, D A People writing songs that voices never share F#m And no one dare E F#m Disturb the sound of silence. [Verse 4] E Fools said I, you do not know F#m Silence like a cancer grows. D A Hear my words that I might teach you, D A Take my arms that I might reach you. D A But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed E F#m In the wells of silence [Verse 5] E And the people bowed and prayed F#m To the neon God they made. D A And the sign flashed out its warning, D A In the words that it was forming. D And the sign said, the words of the prophets [Outro] F#m A Are written on the subway walls A And tenement halls. E F#m And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.