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The Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
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(Capo 1 for original)
(Intro): (Play notes):
d, a, c#, g#, (x2)
(Verse 1)
Am C Am G G7 Dm Am
Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you a-gain,
C Am C F C Am C F C
Because a vision softly - y creeping, left it’s seeds while I wa - as slee - ping,
Am G7 F G7 Am C Am Am7 C
And the vision, that was planted, in my brain, still rem - ains,
Am G G7 C Am
Within the sound, of sil - ence.
(Verse 2)
C Am G G7 Dm Am
In restless dreams I walked alone, narrow streets of cobble-stone,
C Am C F C Am C F C
'Neath the halo of a new street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
Am G7 F G7 Am C Am Am7 C
When my eyes, were stabbed, by the flash of a ne - on light, that split the night,
Am G G7 C Am
And touched the sound, of si - lence.
(Verse 3)
C Am G G7 Dm Am
And in the naked light I saw, ten thousand people maybe more,
C Am C F C Am C F C
People talking withou - out speaking, people hearing withou - out listening,
Am G7 F G7 Am C Am Am7 C
People writing songs, that voices, ne - ver share, and no - one dare,
Am G G7 C Am
Disturb the sound, of sil - ence.
(Verse 4)
C Am G G7 Dm Am
Fools said I, you do not know, silence like a cancer grows,
C Am C F C Am C F C
Hear my words that I mi - ght teach you, take my arms that I mi -ght reach you,
Am G7 F G7 Am C Am Am7 C
But my words, like silent raindrops fell, and ech – oed, in,
Am G G7 C Am
The wells of sil - ence.
(Verse 5)
C Am G G7 Dm Am
And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon God they made,
C Am C F C Am C F C
And the sign flashed out it's wa – arn - ing, in the words that it was for – or - ming,
Am G7 F G7 Am C Am Am7 C
And the sign, said the words of the prophets are written on the sub-way walls, and tenement halls,
Am G G7 C Am
And whispered in, the sound of sil - ence. (slowing)