The Sound Of Silence Paul Simon
Capo 6th fret
(E4/A) Hello darkness, my old (G)friend,
I've come to talk with you a(Am)gain,
Because a (C)vision softl(F)y cree(C)ping
Left its seeds while I wa(F)s slee(C)ping,
And the (F)vision that was planted in my (C)brain
(F)Still re(C)mains, (C/B)(Am)
(C) Within the (G/B)sound (G) of (E4/A)silence. (Am)(strum and hold)
In restless dreams I walked a(G)lone (G4)(G) (G4)(G)
Narrow streets of cobble(Am)stone, (E4/A)(Am) (E4/A)(Am)
'Neath the (C)halo of (F)a street (C)lamp (Cj7)(C)
I turned (Cj7)my (C)collar to the (F)cold and (C)damp (Cj7)(C)
When my (F)eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon (C)light (Cj7)(C)
That (F)split the (C)night (C/B)(Am) (C/B)(C)
And touched the (G)sound of (Am)silence. (E4/A)(Am) (E4/A)(Am)
And in (E4/A)the (Am)naked light I (G)saw (G4)(G) (G4)(G)
Ten thousand people, maybe (Am)more, (E4/A)(Am) (E4/A)(Am)
People (C)talking witho(F)ut spea(C)king, (Cj7)(C)
Peo(Cj7)ple (C)hearing witho(F)ut liste(C)ning, (Cj7)(C)
Peo(Cj7)ple (C)writing (F)songs that voices never (C)share, (Cj7)(C)
(F)No one (C)dare(C/B)(Am) (C/B)(C)
Disturb the (G)sound of (Am)silence. (E4/A)(Am) (E4/A)(Am)
"Fools," (E4/A)said (Am)I, "You do not (G)know (G4)(G) (G4)(G)
Silence like a cancer (Am)grows. (E4/A)(Am) (E4/A)(Am)
Hear my (C)words that I mi(F)ght teach (C)you, (Cj7)(C)
Take (Cj7)my (C)arms that I mi(F)ght reach (C)you." (Cj7)(C)
But my (F)words like silent raindrops (C)fell (Cj7)(C)
(F) (C) (C/B)(Am) (C/B)(C)
And echoed in the (G)wells of (Am)silence. (E4/A)(Am) (E4/A)(Am)
And (E4/A)the (Am)people bowed and (G)prayed (G4)(G) (G4)(G)
To the neon god they (Am)made, (E4/A)(Am) (E4/A)(Am)
And the (C)sign flashed out i(F)ts war(C)ning (Cj7)(C)
In (Cj7)the (C)words that it wa(F)s for(C)ming, (Cj7)(C)
And(Cj7) the (C)sign said, "The (F)words of the prophets
Are written on subway (C)walls, (Cj7)(C)
And (F)tenement (C)halls(C/B)(Am) (C/B)(C)
And whispered in the (G)sounds(hold) of (E4/A)silence. (upstrum)
© Paul Simon, All Rights Reserved
The 1964 version, the way I play it, pretty close to the original song.
(Cj7) is (Cmaj7).
First verse picking, other verses strumming, last word picking again.
For the strummed verses - Paul did a few more hammer-ons and pull-offs on B-string.
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