The Sound Of Silence Acoustic chords by Simon & Garfunkel

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: C majorC

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

Standard tuning

                      DmDm
Throughout the intro you pluck like so: e|---1---1---1---1-|
                    BB|-----3-------3---|
                    G+G|-2-------2-------|
                    D MajorD|-----------------|
                    A augmentedA|-----------------|
                    E MajorE|-----------------|

The only plucking part of the song is the intro, the rest is strumming, you'll have
to listen to the song to find the rhythm. Good luck.

Intro:

(Start plucking on the 'G' string, and say "Hello" on the third time you pluck
the 'B' string. The rest of the chords are above the corresponding syllables, just keep
the plucking rhythm while you transition.)


DmDm            C majorC
  Hello darkness my old friend
              DmDm
I've come to talk with you again
     FF     Bb majorBb   FF
Because a vision softly creeping
            Bb majorBb    FF
Left his seeds while I was sleeping
    Bb majorBb              FF
And the vision that was planted in my brain
        DmDm  FF      C majorC    DmDm
Still remain     within the sound of silence.


Verse 1:

               C majorC
In restless dreams I walked alone
             DmDm
Narrow streets of cobbled stone
      FF    Bb majorBb    FF
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
             Bb majorBb    FF
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
    Bb majorBb                    FF
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
            DmDm  FF         C majorC    DmDm
That split the night     and touched the sound of silence.

Verse 2:

             C majorC
And in the naked light I saw
             DmDm
Ten thousand people maybe more
    FF      Bb majorBb    FF
People talking without speaking
          Bb majorBb    FF
People hearing without listening
        Bb majorBb           FF
People writing songs that voices never share
         DmDm  FF       C majorC    DmDm
And no one dare     disturb the sound of silence


Verse 3:

            C majorC
Fools said I you do not know
           DmDm
Silence like a cancer grow
    FF      Bb majorBb     FF
Hear my words that I might teach you
          Bb majorBb     FF
Take my arm that I might reach you
    Bb majorBb             FF
But my words like silent raindrops fell
DmDm    FF       C majorC    DmDm
   And echoed in the well of silence


Verse 4:

             C majorC
And the people bowed and prayed
           DmDm
To the neon god they made
    FF        Bb majorBb   FF
And the sign flashed out its warning
           Bb majorBb   FF
In the words that it was forming

And the sign said
  Bb majorBb                       FF
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
           DmDm    FF        C majorC    DmDm
And tenement halls    and whispered in the sound of silence


Enjoy,
Todd

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