Sounds Of Silence tab by Simon & Garfunkel

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The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)

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


e-|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----3-----3--|-
B-|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------3-----|-
G-|--7-----------|--7-----------|--7-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
                    Hello darkness my old  friend,

e-|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-
B-|--4-----3-----|--------3-----|--4-----3-----|--------5-----|--7-----5-----|-
G-|--------------|--5-----------|--------------|--7-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
    I've  come  to  talk with you a-   gain

e-|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----6-----6--|-----5-----5--|--6--5-----5--|-
B-|--------5-----|--7-----5-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|-
G-|--7-----------|--------------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
    Because a vision soft- ly  creep-  ing ---      left it's

e-|-----5-----5--|-----6-----6--|-----5-----5--|--6--5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-
B-|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|-
G-|--5-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--------------|--5-----------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
   seeds while I was sleep-  ing                 And the

e-|-----6-----6--|-----6-----6--|----10----10--|-----6-----6--|-----5-----5--|-
B-|--------6-----|--------------|-------11-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|-
G-|--7-----------|--8-----7-----|-10-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
   vision ---   that was   planted     in  my    brain

e-|--6--5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-
B-|--------6-----|--------5-----|--6-----5-----|--------3-----|--4-----3-----|-
G-|--------------|--7-----------|--------------|--5-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
    still re-  mains --   within the   sounds     of

e-|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|--5-------------------------------------------
B-|--------5-----|--6-----5-----|--6-------------------------------------------
G-|--7-----------|--------------|--7-------------------------------------------
D-|--------------|--------------|--0-------------------------------------------
A-|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------
E-|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------
   silence -----

Remaining verses strummed:

Chord voicings:

 "C"    "F"    "Bb"   "Csus"
EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe
------  ------  ------  ------
X32010  xx3231  xx3331  x33211

               C majorC
In restless dreams I walked alone,
            FF
narrow streets of cobblestone
          Bb majorBb   CsusCsus
'neath the halo of a streetlamp
             Bb majorBb    CsusCsus
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
    Bb majorBb                    CsusCsus
when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
      FF             C majorC     FF
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."


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Sounds of Silence (Paul Simon)
Acoustic version from the Wednesday Morning 3AM album.


Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
([email protected], 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 G5G5) 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
	e-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
	B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
	G-|--2-----------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
	D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
				       Hello Darkness my old

	   G5G5
	e-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3--------|
 	B-|--------------------------|-----------------------0--|
	G-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
	D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
	   friend,           I've come to talk with you a-

	  A minorAm           C majorC
	e-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
	B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
	G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|
	D-|--------------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
	A-|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
	E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	  gain,             Because a vision soft-

	   FF      C majorC
	e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
	B-|-----------0-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
	G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
	D-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
	A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
	E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	  ly   creeping         left its seeds while I

	   FF      C majorC
	e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------1--------|
	B-|-----------0-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
	G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------2-----|
	D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
	E-|--1-----------------------|--------------1-----------|
	  was   sleeping        and the vision

	   FF                   C majorC
	e-|-----1-----------1--------|-----1-----------0--------|
	B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
	G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
	D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
	E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|
	    that was planted    in my   brain,

	      FF   C majorC    C/BC/B  A minorAm     C majorC
	e-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----0--------------|
	B-|--------------------1-----|--------1-----------1--0--|
	G-|--------------------------|-----2-----------0--------|
	D-|--------3--2--------------|--------------------------|
	A-|--3-----------3--------2--|--0-----------3-----------|
	E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	     still remains            within the

	  G/BG/B     G+G       Amsus2
	e-|-----3-----------3--------|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
	B-|-----------0-----------0--|--------0-----------0-----|
	G-|--------0-----------0-----|--2-----------2-----------|
	D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
	A-|--2-----------------------|--------------------------|
	E-|--------------3-----------|--------------------------|
	  Sounds        of  SilenceRest of it strummed :

			    G+G
 In restless dreams I walked alone
              A minorAm   C majorC
 Narrow streets of cobblestone,
           FF    C majorC
 'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
              FF    C majorC
 I turned my collar to the cold and damp
     FF                     C majorC
 When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
    FF  F/E  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm  C majorC
 That split the night
          G+G    A minorAm
 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)
	e-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|--0------------------------
	B-|--------0-----------0-----|---0-----------------------
	G-|--2-----------2-----------|----2----------------------
	D-|--------------------------|-----2---------------------
	A-|--------------------------|------0--------------------
	E-|--------------------------|-------0-------------------====================================================================


{title:Sounds of Silence}
{st:Paul Simon}
H[A minorAm]ello darkness my old fri[G+G]end,
I've come to talk with you ag[A minorAm]ain.
Because a vi[C majorC]sion softl[FF]y creep[C majorC]ing
Left it's seed while I w[FF]as sleep[C majorC]ing,
And the vis[FF]ion that was planted in my br[C majorC]ain
Still rem[A minorAm]ains
Wit[C majorC]hin the s[G+G]ounds of si[A minorAm]lence.

In restless dreams I walked alone,
Narrow streets of cobble stone.
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sounds 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 shared,
And no one dared
Disturb the sounds 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 gods 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 whispered in the sounds of silence.