Chords for Paul Simon - The Sound of Silence (from The Concert in Hyde Park)
Tempo:
98 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Cm
Bb
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm]
[Bb]
[D]
[Cm] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[C] [Eb]
[Cm] [Eb] [Bb]
[D] [Cm]
Hello darkness [Bb] my old friend, come to talk with [D] me again.
[Cm] The [Eb] car's vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I [Cm] was sleeping.
[Eb]
And [Ab] the vision that was planted in my [Eb] brain, still [Gm] [Cm] remains.
[Eb] Within the [Bb] sound [G] of silence, [C]
restless dreams I [Bb] walked alone.
Narrow streets of [C] cobblestone, [Eb] beneath the halo of [Ab] a [Eb] streetlight.
I turned my collar to the cold and the dark, [Ab] when my eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon [Eb] light that split [Eb] the [Cm] night.
[Eb] I touched [Bb] the sound [C] of silence, and in the naked light [Bb] I saw
ten thousand people [Cm] every morning.
People talking [C] without [Eb] speaking, people hearing without listening.
People writing [Ab] songs that voices never [Eb] shared.
No one [Cm] there [Eb] disturbed [Bb] the sound [G] of silence.
The fool said, I, you do [Bb] not know silence like a [Cm] cancer grows.
[C] [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms [Ab] that I might reach out to [Eb] you.
[Ab] But my words, like silent [Eb] raindrops fell.
I heard the sound of silence, [C] [Eb] [Cm]
an echo, [Gm] [Bb]
the wells [G] of silence.
[C] [G] And the people bowed [Bb] and prayed, to the neon [D] god they named.
[Cm] And [Eb] the sign [Ab] flashed its [Eb] warning, and the words that it was forming.
[Ab] Said the words of the prophets, written on the subway walls,
tenement [Cm] halls,
[Eb] whispered in the [Bb] sound [G] of silence.
[Cm]
[Bb]
[D]
[Cm] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[C] [Eb]
[Cm] [Eb] [Bb]
[D] [Cm]
Hello darkness [Bb] my old friend, come to talk with [D] me again.
[Cm] The [Eb] car's vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I [Cm] was sleeping.
[Eb]
And [Ab] the vision that was planted in my [Eb] brain, still [Gm] [Cm] remains.
[Eb] Within the [Bb] sound [G] of silence, [C]
restless dreams I [Bb] walked alone.
Narrow streets of [C] cobblestone, [Eb] beneath the halo of [Ab] a [Eb] streetlight.
I turned my collar to the cold and the dark, [Ab] when my eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon [Eb] light that split [Eb] the [Cm] night.
[Eb] I touched [Bb] the sound [C] of silence, and in the naked light [Bb] I saw
ten thousand people [Cm] every morning.
People talking [C] without [Eb] speaking, people hearing without listening.
People writing [Ab] songs that voices never [Eb] shared.
No one [Cm] there [Eb] disturbed [Bb] the sound [G] of silence.
The fool said, I, you do [Bb] not know silence like a [Cm] cancer grows.
[C] [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms [Ab] that I might reach out to [Eb] you.
[Ab] But my words, like silent [Eb] raindrops fell.
I heard the sound of silence, [C] [Eb] [Cm]
an echo, [Gm] [Bb]
the wells [G] of silence.
[C] [G] And the people bowed [Bb] and prayed, to the neon [D] god they named.
[Cm] And [Eb] the sign [Ab] flashed its [Eb] warning, and the words that it was forming.
[Ab] Said the words of the prophets, written on the subway walls,
tenement [Cm] halls,
[Eb] whispered in the [Bb] sound [G] of silence.
[Cm]
Key:
Eb
Cm
Bb
Ab
C
Eb
Cm
Bb
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ Hello darkness [Bb] my old friend, _ _ _ come to talk with [D] me again. _ _
_ [Cm] The [Eb] car's vision softly creeping, _ left its seeds while I [Cm] was sleeping.
_ [Eb] _
_ And [Ab] the vision _ _ that was planted in my [Eb] brain, _ still _ [Gm] [Cm] remains.
_ [Eb] Within the [Bb] sound _ _ [G] of silence, _ _ [C] _
restless dreams I [Bb] walked alone. _ _ _
Narrow streets of [C] cobblestone, _ _ _ _ [Eb] beneath the halo of [Ab] a [Eb] streetlight. _
I turned my collar to the cold and the dark, _ [Ab] when my eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon [Eb] light that split [Eb] the [Cm] night.
_ [Eb] I touched [Bb] the sound _ [C] of silence, _ _ and in the naked light [Bb] I saw
_ _ ten thousand people [Cm] every morning. _ _ _ _
People talking [C] without [Eb] speaking, _ _ people hearing without _ listening. _
People writing [Ab] _ songs that voices never [Eb] shared.
_ No one [Cm] there _ [Eb] disturbed [Bb] the sound [G] of silence.
The _ _ fool said, I, you do [Bb] not know _ _ _ _ silence like a [Cm] cancer grows.
_ _ [C] _ [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, _ take my arms [Ab] that I might reach out to [Eb] you.
_ [Ab] But my words, _ like silent [Eb] raindrops fell.
I heard the sound of silence, [C] _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _
an echo, _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
the wells [G] of silence.
_ _ [C] _ [G] And the people bowed [Bb] and prayed, _ _ _ to the neon [D] god they named.
_ _ [Cm] And [Eb] the sign [Ab] flashed its [Eb] warning, _ _ and the words that it was forming.
_ _ _ [Ab] Said the words of the prophets, written on the subway walls,
_ _ tenement [Cm] halls, _
_ [Eb] _ whispered in the [Bb] sound _ _ _ [G] of _ silence. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ Hello darkness [Bb] my old friend, _ _ _ come to talk with [D] me again. _ _
_ [Cm] The [Eb] car's vision softly creeping, _ left its seeds while I [Cm] was sleeping.
_ [Eb] _
_ And [Ab] the vision _ _ that was planted in my [Eb] brain, _ still _ [Gm] [Cm] remains.
_ [Eb] Within the [Bb] sound _ _ [G] of silence, _ _ [C] _
restless dreams I [Bb] walked alone. _ _ _
Narrow streets of [C] cobblestone, _ _ _ _ [Eb] beneath the halo of [Ab] a [Eb] streetlight. _
I turned my collar to the cold and the dark, _ [Ab] when my eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon [Eb] light that split [Eb] the [Cm] night.
_ [Eb] I touched [Bb] the sound _ [C] of silence, _ _ and in the naked light [Bb] I saw
_ _ ten thousand people [Cm] every morning. _ _ _ _
People talking [C] without [Eb] speaking, _ _ people hearing without _ listening. _
People writing [Ab] _ songs that voices never [Eb] shared.
_ No one [Cm] there _ [Eb] disturbed [Bb] the sound [G] of silence.
The _ _ fool said, I, you do [Bb] not know _ _ _ _ silence like a [Cm] cancer grows.
_ _ [C] _ [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, _ take my arms [Ab] that I might reach out to [Eb] you.
_ [Ab] But my words, _ like silent [Eb] raindrops fell.
I heard the sound of silence, [C] _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _
an echo, _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
the wells [G] of silence.
_ _ [C] _ [G] And the people bowed [Bb] and prayed, _ _ _ to the neon [D] god they named.
_ _ [Cm] And [Eb] the sign [Ab] flashed its [Eb] warning, _ _ and the words that it was forming.
_ _ _ [Ab] Said the words of the prophets, written on the subway walls,
_ _ tenement [Cm] halls, _
_ [Eb] _ whispered in the [Bb] sound _ _ _ [G] of _ silence. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
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