The Sound Of Silence chords by Pentatonix

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
E minorEm            D MajorD
  Hello darkness, my old friend,
              E minorEm
I've come to talk with you again,
           C majorC    G+G
Because a vision softly creeping,
            C majorC    G+G
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
    C majorC               G+G
And the vision that was planted in my brain
      G/F# E minorEm
Still remains
G+G      D MajorD    E minorEm
Within the sound of silence.

Verse 2:
            D MajorD
In restless dreams I walked alone
            E minorEm
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
          C majorC    G+G
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
             C majorC    G+G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
    C majorC                    G+G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
          G/F# E minorEm
That split the night
 G+G       D MajorD    E minorEm
And touched the sound of silence.

Verse 3:
             D MajorD
And in the naked light I saw
              E minorEm
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
          C majorC    G+G
People talking without speaking,
          C majorC    G+G
People hearing without listening,
        C majorC            G+G
People writing songs that voices never share
       G/F# E minorEm
And no one dare
G+G      D MajorD    E minorEm
Disturb the sound of silence.

Verse 4:
             D MajorD
Fools said I, you do not know
           E minorEm
Silence like a cancer grows.
           C majorC      G+G
Hear my words that I might teach you,
          C majorC      G+G
Take my arms that I might reach you.
    C majorC              G+G  G/F# E minorEm
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
  G+G
And echoed
    D MajorD    E minorEm
In the wells of silence

Verse 5:
             D MajorD
And the people bowed and prayed
           E minorEm
To the neon God they made.
             C majorC   G+G
And the sign flashed out its warning,
           C majorC   G+G
In the words that it was forming.
            C majorC
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
              G+G
Are written on the subway walls
       G+G   G/F# E minorEm
And tenement halls.
     G+G      D MajorD     E minorEm
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.