The Sound Of Silence Acoustic chords by Simon & Garfunkel

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

Standard tuning

                      Dm
Throughout the intro you pluck like so: e|---1---1---1---1-|
                    B|-----3-------3---|
                    G|-2-------2-------|
                    D|-----------------|
                    A|-----------------|
                    E|-----------------|

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.)


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


Verse 1:

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


Verse 2:

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


Verse 3:

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


Verse 4:

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

And the sign said
  Bb                       F
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
           Dm    F        C    Dm
And tenement halls    and whispered in the sound of silence


Enjoy,
Todd