Sound Of Silence tab by Simon & Garfunkel
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Sound Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights
"Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel was originally recorded in 1964 with just acoustic guitars and vocals. The iconic opening riff was played on a 12-string guitar by Paul Simon, giving the song its haunting, melancholic feel. The use of reverb and echo effects on the vocals added to the song's atmospheric quality. The song's lyrics reflect the disillusionment of the younger generation during the turbulent 1960s.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 ...
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B-|--4-----3-----|--------3-----|--4-----3-----|--------5-----|--7-----5-----|-
G-|--------------|--5-----------|--------------|--7-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
I've come to talk with ...
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A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
Because a vision soft- ly ...
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seeds while I was sleep- ...
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vision --- that was ...
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B-|--------6-----|--------5-----|--6-----5-----|--------3-----|--4-----3-----|-
G-|--------------|--7-----------|--------------|--5-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
still re- mains -- ...
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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
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X32010 xx3231 xx3331 x33211
C
In restless dreams I ...
F
narrow streets ...
Bb Csus
'neath the halo ...
Bb Csus
I turned my collar ...
Bb Csus
when my eyes were ...
F C F
split the night... and touched ...
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 ...
G5
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 ...
Am C
e-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D-|--------------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
A-|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
gain, Because ...
F C
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 ...
F C
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B-|-----------0-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------2-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--1-----------------------|--------------1-----------|
was sleeping and ...
F C
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B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|
that was planted in ...
F C C/B Am C
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B-|--------------------1-----|--------1-----------1--0--|
G-|--------------------------|-----2-----------0--------|
D-|--------3--2--------------|--------------------------|
A-|--3-----------3--------2--|--0-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
still remains ...
G/B 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 ...e
Rest of it strummed :
G
In restless ...
Am C
Narrow streets ...
F C
'Neath the halo ...
F C
I turned my collar...
F C
When my eyes were ...
F F/E C C/B Am C
That split the ...
G Am
And touched the ...
Outro :
Amsus2 ( backward strum)
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B-|--------0-----------0-----|---0-----------------------
G-|--2-----------2-----------|----2----------------------
D-|--------------------------|-----2---------------------
A-|--------------------------|------0--------------------
E-|--------------------------|-------0-------------------
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