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
| 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
[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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