The Sound Of Silence Chords by Simon & Garfunkel

[Verse]

Am                        G
   Hello darkness, my old friend,
                           Am
I've come to talk with you again,
                     F       C
Because a vision softly creeping,
                       F       C
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
        F                             C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
            C/B  Am
Still remains
C           G        Am
Within the sound of silence.
 
[Verse]
                             G
In restless dreams I walked alone
                        Am
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
                   F        C
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
                          F        C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
        F                         
When my eyes were stabbed by the 
                C
flash of a neon light
                    C/B  Am
That split the night
 C              G        Am
And touched the sound of silence.
 
[Verse 3]
                         G
And in the naked light I saw
                           Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
                   F       C
People talking without speaking,
                   F        C
People hearing without listening,
               F          
People writing songs that 
             C
voices never share
              C/B  Am
And no one dare
C           G        Am
Disturb the sound of silence.
 
[Verse]
                         G
Fools said I, you do not know
                      Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
                    
Hear my words that  
  F           C
I might teach you,
                  
Take my arms that 
  F           C
I might reach you.
       F                           C   C/B Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
   C
And echoed
       G        Am
In the wells of silence
 
[Verse]

                         G
And the people bowed and prayed
                     Am
To the neon God they made.
                         F      C
And the sign flashed out its warning,
                      F     C
In the words that it was forming.
                   
And the sign said, 
    F
the words of the prophets
                           C
Are written on the subway walls
             C     C/B Am
And tenement halls.
         C           G         Am
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

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ℹ️ About This Song

The track was written by Paul Simon.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: F#
• Capo: 6th fret
• Chords: Am , F , C , G , C/B
• BPM: 107
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

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Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
Am – x02210 F – 133211 C – x32010 G – 320003 C/B – x22010	Am – 2000 F – 2010 C – 0003 G – 0232 C/B – 0002

Track Info

• Song: The Sound Of Silence
• Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
• Written by Paul Simon
• Produced by Tom Wilson
• Album: Wednesday Morning
• Released Date: 19 October 1964