The Sound of Silence
Recorded by Disturbed
Album: Single (2016)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro)
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em)

(Verse 1)
(Em)Hello darkness, my old (D) friend
(D) I've come to talk with you (Em) again
(Em) Because a vision softly (C) creep-(G)ing
(G) Left its seeds while I was (C) sleep-(G)ing
And the (C)vision that was planted in my (G)brain
Still (Em) remains within the (D)sound of (Em)silence
 
(Verse 2)
(Em) In restless dreams I walked (D) alone
(D) Narrow streets of cobble-(Em)-stone
(Em) 'Neath the halo of a (C) street (G)lamp
I turned my collar to the (C)cold and (G)damp
When my (C)eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light (G)
That split (Em) the night (G)
And touched the (D)sound of (Em)silence
 
(Verse 3)
(Em) And (D)in the (G)naked (Em)light I (D) saw
Ten thousand people, maybe (Em) more
People talking with-(C)out speaking (G)
People hearing with-(C)out listening (G)
People writing (C)songs that voices never (G)share
And no one (Em) dare
Disturb the (D)sound of (Em)silence
 
(Verse 4)
(Em) Fools said I, you do not (D) know
(D) Silence like a cancer (Em)grows
(Em) Hear my words that I might (C) teach (G)you
(Em) Take my arms that I might (C) reach (G)you(Em)
But my (C) words like silent raindrops (G)fell (Em) (C)
And echoed in the (D)wells of (Em)silence
 
(Verse 5)
(Em) (D)And the (G)people (Em)bowed and (D)prayed
To the neon God (Em) they made
(Em) And the sign flashed out (C)it's warn-(G)ing
(Em) And the words that it (C)was (G)forming
(Em) And the sign said
The (C)words of the prophets are written on the subway walls (G)
And tenement (Em) halls
And (D)whispered in the (G)sound of silence (Em)