[First Part]

Em                           D
   Hello, darkness, my old friend
                             Em
I've come to talk with you again
           G          C      G
Because a vision softly creeping
                        C       G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
         C 
And the vision that was planted in my 
  G   
Brain
              Em
Still remains
            D        Em
Within the sound of silence
 
[Segunda Parte]

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

[Terceira Parte]

                          D
And in the naked light I saw
                            Em 
Ten thousand people, maybe more
        G          C        G
People talking without speaking
                   C         G
People hearing without listening
                C
People writing songs that voices never 
  G
Share
                Em  G
And no one dare
             D        Em
Disturb the sound of silence

[Quarta Parte]

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

[Quinta Parte]

                           D
And the people bowed and prayed
                      Em
To the neon god they made
         G               C       G
And the sign flashed out its warning
                      C      G
In the words that it was forming

And the sign said
     C
The words of the prophets are written 
               G
On the subway walls
                   Em  
And tenement halls
      G               D        Em
And whispered in the sound of silence