Chords for The Sounds Of Silence , Simon & Garfunkel , 1965 Vinyl 45 RPM
Tempo:
115.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
Hello darkness [D] my old friend, I've come to talk with you [Em] again.
Because a vision [C] softly [G] creepy, left its seeds [C] while I was sleeping.
[G] And the vision that was planted in [G] my brain, still [Bm] remains [Em] [G] within [D] the still [B] of silence.
[Em] In restless dreams I [D] walked alone, thorough streets [Em] of cold stone.
Through the hill of [C] a bay [G] street lamp, I turned my collar [C] to the [G] cold and damp.
When [C] my eyes were spared by the blast of a [G] neon light,
I smelt the night [Em] [G]
[D] breeze, and it would make you laugh at all.
Ten thousand people, [Em] maybe more.
People talking [C] without [G] listening, people hearing [C] without [G] listening.
People [C] writing songs, voices and [G] words shared.
No one there, [Em]
[G] just you and the [D] sound.
You said [D#] I need to [D] be known, silence and the [Em] hints of ghosts.
Hear my words that [C] I might [G] teach you, take my arms [C] that I might [G] teach you.
But [C] my words, not silence.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
And the [B] people [D] talking, hearing the outcome [Em] they made.
And the sun let [C] out its [G] warning, in the word [C] that it was [G] forming.
And the [C] sun set the words of the clock, [G]
no more.
[Em] [G]
In the still [E] of silence.
[F#] [Em]
Hello darkness [D] my old friend, I've come to talk with you [Em] again.
Because a vision [C] softly [G] creepy, left its seeds [C] while I was sleeping.
[G] And the vision that was planted in [G] my brain, still [Bm] remains [Em] [G] within [D] the still [B] of silence.
[Em] In restless dreams I [D] walked alone, thorough streets [Em] of cold stone.
Through the hill of [C] a bay [G] street lamp, I turned my collar [C] to the [G] cold and damp.
When [C] my eyes were spared by the blast of a [G] neon light,
I smelt the night [Em] [G]
[D] breeze, and it would make you laugh at all.
Ten thousand people, [Em] maybe more.
People talking [C] without [G] listening, people hearing [C] without [G] listening.
People [C] writing songs, voices and [G] words shared.
No one there, [Em]
[G] just you and the [D] sound.
You said [D#] I need to [D] be known, silence and the [Em] hints of ghosts.
Hear my words that [C] I might [G] teach you, take my arms [C] that I might [G] teach you.
But [C] my words, not silence.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
And the [B] people [D] talking, hearing the outcome [Em] they made.
And the sun let [C] out its [G] warning, in the word [C] that it was [G] forming.
And the [C] sun set the words of the clock, [G]
no more.
[Em] [G]
In the still [E] of silence.
[F#] [Em]
Key:
G
C
Em
D
B
G
C
Em
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Hello darkness [D] my old friend, _ _ _ I've come to talk with you [Em] again.
_ _ _ Because a vision [C] softly [G] creepy, _ _ left its seeds [C] while I was sleeping.
[G] _ And the vision _ that was planted in [G] my brain, _ still [Bm] remains _ [Em] [G] within [D] the still _ [B] of _ silence.
_ [Em] In restless dreams I [D] walked alone, _ _ thorough streets [Em] of cold stone. _
Through _ the hill of [C] a bay [G] street lamp, I turned my collar [C] to the [G] cold and damp.
_ When [C] my eyes were spared by the blast of a [G] neon light,
I _ smelt the night [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ breeze, _ _ _ and it would make you laugh at all. _
_ Ten thousand people, [Em] maybe more.
_ _ People talking [C] without [G] listening, _ _ people hearing [C] without [G] listening.
_ People [C] writing _ songs, _ voices and [G] words shared.
No one there, [Em] _ _
[G] just you and the [D] _ sound. _ _ _
_ _ You said [D#] I need to [D] be known, _ _ silence and the [Em] hints of _ ghosts.
_ Hear my words that [C] I might [G] teach you, take my arms [C] that I might [G] teach you.
_ But [C] my words, _ not silence. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ And the [B] people [D] talking, _ _ _ _ hearing the outcome [Em] they _ _ made.
And the sun let [C] out its [G] warning, _ in the word [C] that it was [G] forming.
_ And the [C] sun set the words of the clock, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ no more.
[Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ In the still _ _ _ [E] of silence.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hello darkness [D] my old friend, _ _ _ I've come to talk with you [Em] again.
_ _ _ Because a vision [C] softly [G] creepy, _ _ left its seeds [C] while I was sleeping.
[G] _ And the vision _ that was planted in [G] my brain, _ still [Bm] remains _ [Em] [G] within [D] the still _ [B] of _ silence.
_ [Em] In restless dreams I [D] walked alone, _ _ thorough streets [Em] of cold stone. _
Through _ the hill of [C] a bay [G] street lamp, I turned my collar [C] to the [G] cold and damp.
_ When [C] my eyes were spared by the blast of a [G] neon light,
I _ smelt the night [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ breeze, _ _ _ and it would make you laugh at all. _
_ Ten thousand people, [Em] maybe more.
_ _ People talking [C] without [G] listening, _ _ people hearing [C] without [G] listening.
_ People [C] writing _ songs, _ voices and [G] words shared.
No one there, [Em] _ _
[G] just you and the [D] _ sound. _ _ _
_ _ You said [D#] I need to [D] be known, _ _ silence and the [Em] hints of _ ghosts.
_ Hear my words that [C] I might [G] teach you, take my arms [C] that I might [G] teach you.
_ But [C] my words, _ not silence. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ And the [B] people [D] talking, _ _ _ _ hearing the outcome [Em] they _ _ made.
And the sun let [C] out its [G] warning, _ in the word [C] that it was [G] forming.
_ And the [C] sun set the words of the clock, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ no more.
[Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ In the still _ _ _ [E] of silence.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _