[Intro]
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[Main] (x3)
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Well hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again,

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                          Because a vision

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    softly creeping,            Left its seeds while

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    I was sleeping

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    And the vision         that was planted in my brain

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                Still remains           Within the sound

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                        of silence.

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      V   V  ^  ^ V

[Lyrics]
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

"Fools," said I, "You do not know –
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence


(Chords here) 
 
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.