Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel - Sound Of Silence guitar tab

The end of the song contains the same solo as the end of the first verse.

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Sounds of Silence

by Simon & Garfunkel

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Hello darkness my old friend,

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I've come to talk with you a- gain

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Because a vision soft- ly creep- ing --- left it's

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seeds while I was sleep- ing And the

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vision --- that was planted in my brain

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still re- mains -- within the sounds of

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silence -----

Remaining verses strummed:

Chord voicings:

"C" "F" "Bb" "Csus"

EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe

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X32010 xx3231 xx3331 x33211

C

In restless dreams I walked alone,

F

narrow streets of cobblestone

Bb Csus

'neath the halo of a streetlamp

Bb Csus

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

Bb Csus

when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

F C F

split the night... and touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw

ten thousand people maybe more

people talking without speaking

people hearing without listening

people writing songs that voices never share

noone dare, disturb the sound of silence

Fools said I you do not know,

silence like a cancer grows,

hear my words that I might teach you

take my arms that I might reach you

but my words, like silent raindrops fell...

and echoed the will of silence

And the people bowed and prayed,

to the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

in the words that it was forming

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets

are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls

and whisper the sounds of silence."

Sounds of Silence ( Paul Simon )

Acoustic version from the Wednesday Morning 3AM album.

Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet

( jmo@fy.chalmers.se, http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )

Note : This acoustic version can be found on the Wednesday Morning 3AM album.

The part which is transcribed here can also be heard on the

electrically-dubbed version featured on the Sounds of Silence album,

along with the 12-string guitar part.

The first chords ( Amsus2 and G5 ) contain no third note,

then the tone of the song is clear from the 5th bar only,

when the tension is released, on the word "again".

Capo 6th fret

Amsus2

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B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|

G-|--2-----------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|

D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Hello Darkness my old

G5

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G-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|

D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|

friend, I've come to talk with you a-

Am C

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G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|

D-|--------------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|

A-|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

gain, Because a vision soft-

F C

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G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|

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A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|

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ly creeping left its seeds while I

F C

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G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------2-----|

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was sleeping and the vision

F C

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B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|

G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|

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A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|

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that was planted in my brain,

F C C/B Am C

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G-|--------------------------|-----2-----------0--------|

D-|--------3--2--------------|--------------------------|

A-|--3-----------3--------2--|--0-----------3-----------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

still remains within the

G/B G Amsus2

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B-|-----------0-----------0--|--------0-----------0-----|

G-|--------0-----------0-----|--2-----------2-----------|

D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

A-|--2-----------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------3-----------|--------------------------|

Sounds of Silence

Rest of it strummed :

G

In restless dreams I walked alone

Am C

Narrow streets of cobblestone,

F C

'Neath the halo of a street lamp,

F C

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

F C

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

F F/E C C/B Am C

That split the night

G Am

And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more.

People talking without speaking,

People hearing without listening,

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dared

Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools" said I,"You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows.

Hear my words that I might teach you,

Take my arms that I might reach you."

But my words like silent raindrops fell,

And echoed

In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made.

And the sign flashed out its warning,

In the words that it was forming.

And the signs said, The words of the prophets

are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls.

And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

Outro :

Amsus2 ( backward strum )

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