Chords for Paul Simon "The Sound of Silence" Chicago, IL 6-6-2018
Tempo:
141.5 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Cm
Bb
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[Cm]
[Bb]
[C]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Bb]
[G]
Hello darkness my old [Bb] friend.
[C] [G]
[Eb] Cause a vision softly [Abm]
creeping.
Like the sea that you are.
[Eb] And the [Ab] vision that was planted in my [Eb] brain.
Still [Cm] remains.
[Eb] Through the [Bb] sound.
[Cm]
Restless dreams I was born.
Now the streets are constant.
[Cm]
[Ebm] Beneath the halo [Ab] of a street [Eb] lamp.
I turn my collar to [Ab] the cold and [Eb] the damp.
When my [Ab] eyes are stabbed by the flash of an evil light.
[F] So that [Eb] the moonlight [C] can [Cm]
[Eb] touch [Bb] the sound of [C] silence.
[Cm]
I feel the hidden light [Bb]
jump out of the [Cm] hidden door.
[C]
[Eb] [Ab] Without [Eb] beginning.
People hearing [Ab] without listening.
[Eb] People writing [Ab] songs.
Where voices never [Eb] share.
[Db] No [Ebm] one there.
[Cm]
[Eb] Still [Bb] the sound.
[G]
Full [Gm] shine in [Bb] the night.
Silence like a cancer.
[C]
[Cm] Hear [Eb] my words and [Ab] I might teach you.
[Eb]
Take my arms and I [Abm] might reach out to [Eb] you.
But my [Ab] words.
Like silent rain drops down.
[F] [Cm]
Echo.
[Eb]
[C] [Bb] The willows and the [G] sands.
And the people [Bb] bowed and prayed.
To the neon valley.
[Cm]
[Eb] And the sign flashed [Ab]
its warning.
And the words that [F] it was warning.
[Eb]
Said the [Ab] words of the prophets.
Are written on the subway [Eb] walls.
The [F]
eternal [Eb] [C] arms.
[Eb]
Which spread in the [Bb]
sound.
Of [G] silence.
[C]
[Eb] [F]
[C]
[N]
[Eb]
[N]
[Cm]
[Bb]
[C]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Bb]
[G]
Hello darkness my old [Bb] friend.
[C] [G]
[Eb] Cause a vision softly [Abm]
creeping.
Like the sea that you are.
[Eb] And the [Ab] vision that was planted in my [Eb] brain.
Still [Cm] remains.
[Eb] Through the [Bb] sound.
[Cm]
Restless dreams I was born.
Now the streets are constant.
[Cm]
[Ebm] Beneath the halo [Ab] of a street [Eb] lamp.
I turn my collar to [Ab] the cold and [Eb] the damp.
When my [Ab] eyes are stabbed by the flash of an evil light.
[F] So that [Eb] the moonlight [C] can [Cm]
[Eb] touch [Bb] the sound of [C] silence.
[Cm]
I feel the hidden light [Bb]
jump out of the [Cm] hidden door.
[C]
[Eb] [Ab] Without [Eb] beginning.
People hearing [Ab] without listening.
[Eb] People writing [Ab] songs.
Where voices never [Eb] share.
[Db] No [Ebm] one there.
[Cm]
[Eb] Still [Bb] the sound.
[G]
Full [Gm] shine in [Bb] the night.
Silence like a cancer.
[C]
[Cm] Hear [Eb] my words and [Ab] I might teach you.
[Eb]
Take my arms and I [Abm] might reach out to [Eb] you.
But my [Ab] words.
Like silent rain drops down.
[F] [Cm]
Echo.
[Eb]
[C] [Bb] The willows and the [G] sands.
And the people [Bb] bowed and prayed.
To the neon valley.
[Cm]
[Eb] And the sign flashed [Ab]
its warning.
And the words that [F] it was warning.
[Eb]
Said the [Ab] words of the prophets.
Are written on the subway [Eb] walls.
The [F]
eternal [Eb] [C] arms.
[Eb]
Which spread in the [Bb]
sound.
Of [G] silence.
[C]
[Eb] [F]
[C]
[N]
[Eb]
[N]
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hello darkness my old [Bb] friend. _
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_ _ [Eb] Cause a vision softly [Abm] _
creeping.
_ _ _ _ Like the sea that you are. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ And the [Ab] vision _ _ _ that was planted _ in my [Eb] brain.
_ _ _ Still _ _ [Cm] remains. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Through the [Bb] sound. _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Restless dreams I was born. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now the streets are constant.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] Beneath the halo [Ab] of a street [Eb] lamp.
_ _ I turn my collar to [Ab] the cold and [Eb] the damp.
_ _ When my [Ab] eyes are stabbed by the flash of an evil _ _ light. _
[F] So that [Eb] the moonlight [C] can [Cm] _
[Eb] touch [Bb] the _ sound _ of [C] silence.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
_ I feel the hidden light [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ jump out of the [Cm] hidden door.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] Without _ _ _ [Eb] beginning. _ _
People hearing _ [Ab] without listening.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ People writing _ [Ab] _ _ songs.
_ Where voices _ _ never [Eb] share.
_ _ [Db] No [Ebm] one there.
[Cm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Still [Bb] the _ sound.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Full [Gm] shine in [Bb] the night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Silence like a cancer.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ Hear [Eb] my words and [Ab] I might teach you.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ Take my arms and I [Abm] might reach out to [Eb] you.
_ _ But my _ [Ab] words.
_ Like _ silent rain drops down.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Echo.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ The willows and the [G] sands. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the people [Bb] bowed and prayed. _
_ _ _ _ _ To the neon valley.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] And the sign flashed [Ab]
its warning.
_ _ _ _ And the words that [F] it was warning.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ Said the [Ab] _ words of the prophets.
Are written on the subway _ _ [Eb] walls.
The [F]
eternal [Eb] _ [C] arms.
_ _ _ [Eb]
Which spread _ in the _ [Bb]
sound.
_ _ _ Of [G] silence.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hello darkness my old [Bb] friend. _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Cause a vision softly [Abm] _
creeping.
_ _ _ _ Like the sea that you are. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ And the [Ab] vision _ _ _ that was planted _ in my [Eb] brain.
_ _ _ Still _ _ [Cm] remains. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Through the [Bb] sound. _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Restless dreams I was born. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now the streets are constant.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] Beneath the halo [Ab] of a street [Eb] lamp.
_ _ I turn my collar to [Ab] the cold and [Eb] the damp.
_ _ When my [Ab] eyes are stabbed by the flash of an evil _ _ light. _
[F] So that [Eb] the moonlight [C] can [Cm] _
[Eb] touch [Bb] the _ sound _ of [C] silence.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
_ I feel the hidden light [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ jump out of the [Cm] hidden door.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] Without _ _ _ [Eb] beginning. _ _
People hearing _ [Ab] without listening.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ People writing _ [Ab] _ _ songs.
_ Where voices _ _ never [Eb] share.
_ _ [Db] No [Ebm] one there.
[Cm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Still [Bb] the _ sound.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Full [Gm] shine in [Bb] the night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Silence like a cancer.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ Hear [Eb] my words and [Ab] I might teach you.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ Take my arms and I [Abm] might reach out to [Eb] you.
_ _ But my _ [Ab] words.
_ Like _ silent rain drops down.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Echo.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ The willows and the [G] sands. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the people [Bb] bowed and prayed. _
_ _ _ _ _ To the neon valley.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] And the sign flashed [Ab]
its warning.
_ _ _ _ And the words that [F] it was warning.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ Said the [Ab] _ words of the prophets.
Are written on the subway _ _ [Eb] walls.
The [F]
eternal [Eb] _ [C] arms.
_ _ _ [Eb]
Which spread _ in the _ [Bb]
sound.
_ _ _ Of [G] silence.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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