Sounds Of Silence Level 5 (Em)

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V1 - Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you a-gain.
G C G
- Be-cause a vision softly- creep-ing,
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- Left its seeds while I was- sleep-ing,
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And the vision that was planted in my brain,
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Still re-mains -within the sound- of silence.

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V2 - In restless dreams I walked a-lone- through narrow streets of cobble-stone.
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-Beneath the halo of a - street lamp,
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-I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
C G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light,
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That split the night -and touched the sound- of silence.

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V 3 - And in the naked light I saw - ten thousand people maybe more.
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- People talking with-out speak-ing,
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- People hearing with-out listen-ing.
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People writing songs- that voi-ces never shared,
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No one dared -disturb the sound- of silence.

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V4 "Fools," said I, "you do not know, -silence like a cancer grows.
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- Hear my words that I mi-ght teach you, or
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-Take my arms that I mi-ght reach you."
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But my words- like si-lent raindrops fell -
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And echoed- in the wells- of silence.

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V5 - And the people bowed and prayed - to the neon god they made.
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- And the sign flashed out i-ts warn-ing,
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- In the words that it was form-ing, and the sign said:
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"The words of the prophet are written on the subway walls
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and tenement halls -and whisper - in the sounds--- of- silence”.

(Simon & Garfunkel) www.cathyschords.com