Chords for Simon and Garfunkel "The Sound of Silence" play along with scrolling guitar chords and lyrics

Tempo:
111.55 bpm
Chords used:

F#

D#m

B

C#

D#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Simon and Garfunkel "The Sound of Silence" play along with scrolling guitar chords and lyrics chords
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[D#] [A#] [Fm] Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, I've come to talk with [D#m] you again.
Because a vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, left its seeds while [B] I was [F#] sleeping.
[B] And the vision that was planted in my [F#] brain, still [A#m]
[D#m] remains [F#] within [C#] the sound
[D#] of [F] silence.
[D#m] In restless dreams I [C#] walked alone, narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
Deeper hill [B] of a [F#] street lamp, I turned my collar [B] to the [F#] cold and damp.
[B] When my eyes were stared by the flash of a neon [F#] light,
that split the [D#m] night [F#] and [C#] touched the sound [D#m] of silence.
And in the naked [C#] light I saw, ten thousand [D#] people maybe more.
[D#m]
People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, people hearing [B] without [F#] listening.
People [B] writing songs that voices never [F#] shared.
No one [D#m] there, [F#] [C#] disturbed the sound [D#m] of silence.
Rules that [C#] I yet do not know, silence like a [D#] cancer grows.
[D#m]
Hear my words [B] that I might [F#] teach you, take my arms [B] that I might reach [F#] you.
But [B] my words, like silent [F#] raindrops fell, [D#m]
[F#] and echoed [C#] the whims [D#m] of silence.
And the people [C#] bowed and prayed, to the neon [D#m] god they made.
And the sign [B] flashed out its [F#] warning, in the words [B] that it was [F#] forming.
And the sign said [B] the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls.
Tenement halls, [D#m] [F#] [C#] whispered the sounds of [D#]
silence.
[A#m] [D#m]
Key:  
F#
134211112
D#m
13421116
B
12341112
C#
12341114
D#
12341116
F#
134211112
D#m
13421116
B
12341112
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To learn Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - B, F# and B of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 55 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 112. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of F# Major.

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[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] [Fm] Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, _ _ I've come to talk with [D#m] you again. _ _
Because a vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, _ _ left its seeds while [B] I was [F#] sleeping. _ _
[B] And the vision _ that was planted in my [F#] brain, _ still [A#m]
[D#m] remains _ [F#] within [C#] the sound _
[D#] of [F] silence.
_ _ [D#m] In restless dreams I [C#] walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone. _ _ _
Deeper hill [B] of a [F#] street lamp, _ I turned my collar [B] to the [F#] cold and damp. _
[B] When my eyes were stared by the flash of a neon [F#] light,
that split the [D#m] night [F#] and [C#] touched the sound _ [D#m] of silence.
_ _ And in the naked [C#] light I saw, _ _ ten thousand [D#] people maybe more.
_ [D#m] _ _
People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, _ _ people hearing [B] without [F#] listening. _ _
People [B] writing _ songs that voices never [F#] shared.
_ No one [D#m] there, _ [F#] _ [C#] disturbed the sound _ [D#m] of silence. _ _
Rules that [C#] I yet do not know, _ _ silence like a [D#] cancer grows.
[D#m] _ _
Hear my words [B] that I might [F#] teach you, _ take my arms [B] that I might reach [F#] you.
But [B] my _ words, like silent _ [F#] raindrops fell, _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
[F#] and _ echoed [C#] the whims _ [D#m] of silence. _ _ _
And the people [C#] bowed and prayed, _ _ to the neon [D#m] god they made. _ _
And the sign [B] flashed out its [F#] warning, _ in the words [B] that it was [F#] forming. _
And the sign said [B] the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls.
_ Tenement halls, [D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] whispered the _ _ sounds of [D#] _
silence.
_ _ _ [A#m] _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Paul Simon.

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