Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (Original Version From 1964) with Lyrics
Tempo:
111.65 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
D#m
C#
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D#]
Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, I've come to talk with [D#m] you again.
Because [F#] a vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, left its seeds while [B] I was [F#] sleeping.
And [B] the vision that was planted [F#] in my brain, still [A#m] remains [D#m] within [A#m] the sound
[D#m] Of silence, in restless dreams [C#] I walked alone, narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
Neath the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, I turned my collar [B] to the cold [F#] and damp.
[B] When my eyes were stared by the flash of a neon [F#] light, I split the [D#m] night and [F#] [C#] touched the sound [D#m] of silence.
And in the naked [C#] light I saw, ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, people hearing [B] without [F#] listening,
People writing [B] songs that voices never [F#] share.
No one dared [D#m] [F#] disturb [C#] the sound [D#m] of silence.
Fool said I, you [C#] do not know, silence like a [D#m] cancer grows.
Hear my words that [B] I might [F#] teach you, take my arms [B] that I [F#] might reach you.
But [B] my words like silent [F#]
raindrops fell, [F#] [D#m]
[F#] and echoed [C#] the wills [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 [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls.
Tenement [D#m] halls, [F#] [C#]
of [G#] silence.
[D#]
[N]
Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, I've come to talk with [D#m] you again.
Because [F#] a vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, left its seeds while [B] I was [F#] sleeping.
And [B] the vision that was planted [F#] in my brain, still [A#m] remains [D#m] within [A#m] the sound
[D#m] Of silence, in restless dreams [C#] I walked alone, narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
Neath the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, I turned my collar [B] to the cold [F#] and damp.
[B] When my eyes were stared by the flash of a neon [F#] light, I split the [D#m] night and [F#] [C#] touched the sound [D#m] of silence.
And in the naked [C#] light I saw, ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, people hearing [B] without [F#] listening,
People writing [B] songs that voices never [F#] share.
No one dared [D#m] [F#] disturb [C#] the sound [D#m] of silence.
Fool said I, you [C#] do not know, silence like a [D#m] cancer grows.
Hear my words that [B] I might [F#] teach you, take my arms [B] that I [F#] might reach you.
But [B] my words like silent [F#]
raindrops fell, [F#] [D#m]
[F#] and echoed [C#] the wills [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 [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls.
Tenement [D#m] halls, [F#] [C#]
of [G#] silence.
[D#]
[N]
Key:
F#
B
D#m
C#
D#
F#
B
D#m
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, _ _ I've come to talk with [D#m] you again.
_ _ Because [F#] a vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, _ _ left its seeds while [B] I was [F#] sleeping. _ _
And [B] the vision that was planted [F#] in my brain, _ still [A#m] remains [D#m] _ within [A#m] the sound
[D#m] Of silence, _ _ in restless dreams [C#] I walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
_ _ _ Neath the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, _ I turned my collar [B] to the cold [F#] and damp. _
[B] When my eyes were stared by the flash of a neon [F#] light, I split the [D#m] night and [F#] _ [C#] touched the sound [D#m] of silence.
_ _ And in the naked [C#] light I saw, _ _ ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
_ _ People talking [B] without _ [F#] speaking, _ people hearing [B] without [F#] listening,
_ People writing [B] _ songs that voices never [F#] share.
_ No one dared [D#m] _ [F#] disturb _ [C#] the sound _ [D#m] of silence.
_ _ Fool said I, you [C#] do not know, _ _ silence like a [D#m] cancer _ grows.
_ Hear my words that [B] I might [F#] teach you, _ take my arms [B] that I [F#] might reach you.
But [B] my words like silent _ [F#]
raindrops fell, _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
[F#] and _ echoed [C#] the _ wills [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 [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] _ walls.
_ Tenement [D#m] halls, _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ of _ [G#] silence. _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, _ _ I've come to talk with [D#m] you again.
_ _ Because [F#] a vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, _ _ left its seeds while [B] I was [F#] sleeping. _ _
And [B] the vision that was planted [F#] in my brain, _ still [A#m] remains [D#m] _ within [A#m] the sound
[D#m] Of silence, _ _ in restless dreams [C#] I walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
_ _ _ Neath the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, _ I turned my collar [B] to the cold [F#] and damp. _
[B] When my eyes were stared by the flash of a neon [F#] light, I split the [D#m] night and [F#] _ [C#] touched the sound [D#m] of silence.
_ _ And in the naked [C#] light I saw, _ _ ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
_ _ People talking [B] without _ [F#] speaking, _ people hearing [B] without [F#] listening,
_ People writing [B] _ songs that voices never [F#] share.
_ No one dared [D#m] _ [F#] disturb _ [C#] the sound _ [D#m] of silence.
_ _ Fool said I, you [C#] do not know, _ _ silence like a [D#m] cancer _ grows.
_ Hear my words that [B] I might [F#] teach you, _ take my arms [B] that I [F#] might reach you.
But [B] my words like silent _ [F#]
raindrops fell, _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
[F#] and _ echoed [C#] the _ wills [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 [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] _ walls.
_ Tenement [D#m] halls, _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ of _ [G#] silence. _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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