Chords for Paul Simon - The Sound Of Silence - Live at iTunes Festival
Tempo:
94.025 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Cm
Bb
Ab
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[C] [Cm]
[Bb]
[G] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[C] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Bb] [G]
[Fm] Hello [Bb] darkness my old friend, come to [G] talk with me again.
[Cm] [Eb] Because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I [Ab] was sleeping.
[Eb] And the vision that was [Ab] planted in my [Eb] brain, still [Cm] remains, [Eb] within [Bb] the sound of [G] silence.
[C] In restless dreams [Bb] I walked alone, narrow streets of [Cm] cobblestone.
[Eb] Beneath the halo of a streetlight, I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
When my eyes are stabbed [Ab] by the flash of a [Eb] neon light, that [C] split the [Cm] night.
[Eb]
And [Bb] touched the sound [Cm] of silence.
In the naked light I saw, [Bb]
ten thousand people [Cm] maybe more.
[C] People talking [Ab] without [Eb] speaking, people [Ab] hearing without [Eb] listening.
People writing [Ab] songs, that voices [Eb] never shared.
No one [Cm] dared, [Eb] [Bb] to stir up the sound of [G] silence.
[C] The [Cm] fool said, I, you do not know, [Bb] silence like [Cm] a cancer.
[C] [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms that I might reach out to you.
But [Ab] my words, like silent [Eb] raindrops fell.
[C] [Eb] And echoed in [Bb] [G] wells of silence.
[C] And the people bowed and prayed, [Bb] to the neon [G] god to be.
[Cm] And [Eb] the sign flashed its warning, and the words [Ab] that it was forming.
[Eb] [Ab] Said the words of the prophets, are written on the subway [Eb] walls, [Cm] and the [Eb] tenement halls.
[Cm] [Eb] And whispered [Bb] in the sound [G] of silence.
[C] [Cm]
[Bb]
[G] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[C] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Bb] [G]
[Fm] Hello [Bb] darkness my old friend, come to [G] talk with me again.
[Cm] [Eb] Because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I [Ab] was sleeping.
[Eb] And the vision that was [Ab] planted in my [Eb] brain, still [Cm] remains, [Eb] within [Bb] the sound of [G] silence.
[C] In restless dreams [Bb] I walked alone, narrow streets of [Cm] cobblestone.
[Eb] Beneath the halo of a streetlight, I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
When my eyes are stabbed [Ab] by the flash of a [Eb] neon light, that [C] split the [Cm] night.
[Eb]
And [Bb] touched the sound [Cm] of silence.
In the naked light I saw, [Bb]
ten thousand people [Cm] maybe more.
[C] People talking [Ab] without [Eb] speaking, people [Ab] hearing without [Eb] listening.
People writing [Ab] songs, that voices [Eb] never shared.
No one [Cm] dared, [Eb] [Bb] to stir up the sound of [G] silence.
[C] The [Cm] fool said, I, you do not know, [Bb] silence like [Cm] a cancer.
[C] [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms that I might reach out to you.
But [Ab] my words, like silent [Eb] raindrops fell.
[C] [Eb] And echoed in [Bb] [G] wells of silence.
[C] And the people bowed and prayed, [Bb] to the neon [G] god to be.
[Cm] And [Eb] the sign flashed its warning, and the words [Ab] that it was forming.
[Eb] [Ab] Said the words of the prophets, are written on the subway [Eb] walls, [Cm] and the [Eb] tenement halls.
[Cm] [Eb] And whispered [Bb] in the sound [G] of silence.
Key:
Eb
Cm
Bb
Ab
G
Eb
Cm
Bb
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Hello [Bb] darkness my old friend, _ _ _ _ come to [G] talk with me again.
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] Because a vision softly creeping, _ left its seeds while I [Ab] was sleeping.
_ [Eb] _ And the vision _ that was [Ab] planted in my [Eb] brain, _ still [Cm] remains, _ [Eb] within [Bb] the sound _ of [G] _ silence.
[C] In restless dreams [Bb] I walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets of [Cm] cobblestone.
_ _ _ [Eb] Beneath the halo of a streetlight, I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
_ When my eyes are stabbed [Ab] by the flash of a [Eb] neon light, that [C] split the [Cm] night.
_ [Eb]
And [Bb] touched the sound _ [Cm] of silence.
_ _ In the naked light I saw, [Bb] _
_ ten thousand people [Cm] maybe more. _
_ _ [C] People talking [Ab] without [Eb] speaking, _ _ people [Ab] hearing without [Eb] listening. _
_ People writing [Ab] _ songs, that voices [Eb] never shared. _
No one [Cm] dared, _ [Eb] _ [Bb] to stir up the sound of [G] silence.
_ [C] The [Cm] fool said, I, you do not know, _ [Bb] _ _ silence like [Cm] a cancer.
_ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms that I might reach out to you.
But [Ab] my words, like silent _ [Eb] raindrops fell.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] And echoed in [Bb] _ _ _ [G] wells of silence.
_ _ [C] _ And the people bowed and prayed, [Bb] _ _ _ to the neon [G] god to be.
_ _ [Cm] And [Eb] the sign flashed its warning, _ and the words [Ab] that it was forming.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Said the words of the prophets, are written on the subway [Eb] _ walls, [Cm] and the [Eb] tenement halls.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] And whispered [Bb] in the sound _ _ _ [G] of silence.
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Hello [Bb] darkness my old friend, _ _ _ _ come to [G] talk with me again.
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] Because a vision softly creeping, _ left its seeds while I [Ab] was sleeping.
_ [Eb] _ And the vision _ that was [Ab] planted in my [Eb] brain, _ still [Cm] remains, _ [Eb] within [Bb] the sound _ of [G] _ silence.
[C] In restless dreams [Bb] I walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets of [Cm] cobblestone.
_ _ _ [Eb] Beneath the halo of a streetlight, I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
_ When my eyes are stabbed [Ab] by the flash of a [Eb] neon light, that [C] split the [Cm] night.
_ [Eb]
And [Bb] touched the sound _ [Cm] of silence.
_ _ In the naked light I saw, [Bb] _
_ ten thousand people [Cm] maybe more. _
_ _ [C] People talking [Ab] without [Eb] speaking, _ _ people [Ab] hearing without [Eb] listening. _
_ People writing [Ab] _ songs, that voices [Eb] never shared. _
No one [Cm] dared, _ [Eb] _ [Bb] to stir up the sound of [G] silence.
_ [C] The [Cm] fool said, I, you do not know, _ [Bb] _ _ silence like [Cm] a cancer.
_ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms that I might reach out to you.
But [Ab] my words, like silent _ [Eb] raindrops fell.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] And echoed in [Bb] _ _ _ [G] wells of silence.
_ _ [C] _ And the people bowed and prayed, [Bb] _ _ _ to the neon [G] god to be.
_ _ [Cm] And [Eb] the sign flashed its warning, _ and the words [Ab] that it was forming.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Said the words of the prophets, are written on the subway [Eb] _ walls, [Cm] and the [Eb] tenement halls.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] And whispered [Bb] in the sound _ _ _ [G] of silence.
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