Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Verse 1:
Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0--0------4---4---2------------------------------2---0--0--|
E|--2-2---------------------------4----4----4---4----4--------------|
Because a vision softly-y creeping, Left it's seeds while I wa-as sleeping
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D|------------------2---2--4--4---2--------------------------2--2-4--4---2-----|
A|--0--0---0-4--4-----------------------0----0----4-----4----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And the vision that was planted in my brain
G|---------------------1---2---2---1-----------|
D|---------4--4---4-------------------4---2----|
A|--0--0---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
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still remains within the sound of silence
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--4-----2------------------2----------------|
A|------------4--0---0---0------------0-------|
E|--------------------------------4-------2---|
Verse 2:
In restless dreams I walked a-lone, Narrow streets of cobblestone
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D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------0------0--2----0--2-----------------------2------0-----|
E|--2--2---2---------------------------4-4----4--------4---4----------|
'Neath the halo of a-aa street lamp, I turned my collar to the co-old and damp
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------2-2--4--4------2--------2------0----------------4---2------2-----|
A|--0-----0--4---4-----------------------0------------4--2---0---0---------4---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
When my eyes were stabbed, by the flash of a neon light
G|----------------------------1---1—-2-----2--2-1-----------|
D|----------4----4----4---------------------------4--2------|
A|--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
That split the night, and touched the sound of silence
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D|-------4----2----------------------------2----------------|
A|-0--------------4------0---0--------0-----------0---------|
E|----------------------------------------------4-----2-----|
Verse 3:
And in the naked light I saw, Ten thousand people, maybe more
G|------------2--2---4----2--4------------------------4-----------|
D|-4---4--4----------------------6----6---6---6--6-------6---7----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening
G|--------6---6---9---11--11----9----------6---6---9---11--11---9-----|
D|-7--7-----------------------------7---7-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
People writing songs, that voices never share,
G|--------6---9---11-----13---14-14--13-11-9-------|
D|--7--7-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
And no one dare, Disturb the sound of silence
G|-----11-9---6------------------9----1--2--------|
D|-------------------7---7---7--------------4-----|
A|--11--------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Verse 4:
"Fools" said I, "you do not know, Silence like a cancer grows
G|--------------2---2---4--2---4--------------------4---------------|
D|----4---4--------------------------6--6----6----6----6---7--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Hear my words that I mi-ight teach you; take my arms that I mi-ight reach you"
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D|-7----7------------------------------------------------------11--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
But my words li-ike silent raindrops fell, And echoed in the wells of silence
G|--------11----11-13--14-14--13--11----------------------------9-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------14----7----7--7--7---7--------6--7--4-----|
A|-12--12-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon God they made
G|--11--9----------------------------9--9---9-9--9---11---11----|
D|----------11--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------12--14----12--14---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
And the sign flashed out it's warning, and the words that it wa-as forming
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D|--7--7------------------------------------------------14---11----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets, are written on the subway walls
G|---------6----9------9---11----11--11-11--11----13---14-14--14-14--13-11--9------|
D|--7--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And tenement halls", and whispered in the sound of silence
G|-----11--9----6----------------------------9-----1--2---------|
D|----------------------7---7---7------7--7--------------4------|
A|--12----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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