Chords for "The Sound of Silence- original version - Simon and Garfunkel
Tempo:
111.8 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
D#m
C#
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [C] Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, I've come to talk with you [D#m] again.
Because a [F#] vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, left its seeds [B] while I [F#] was sleeping.
And [B] the vision that was planted in [F#] my brain, [D#m] still remains within [C#] the sound of [A#] silence.
[D#m] In restless dreams I [C#] walked alone, narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
Leave the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, I turned my collar [B] to the [F#] cold and damp.
When [B] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [F#] light, I split the night.
[D#m] [F#] [C#]
[D#m] And in the naked light I saw, ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, people hearing [B] without [F#] listening.
People writing [B] songs, that voices never [F#] share.
No one dared [D#m] [F#] disturb [C#] the sound, [D#m] of silence.
Who said I [C#] do not know, silence like a [D#m] cancer grows.
Hear my words that I [B] might [F#] teach you, take my arms that [B] I might [F#] reach you.
But my [B] words, like silent raindrops [F#] fell, [D#m]
[F#] and echoed [C#] the will [D#m] of silence.
And the people [C#] bowed afraid, to the [D#m] neon god they made.
And the sign flashed [B] out its [F#] warning, in the [B] words that it was [F#] forming.
And the sign [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls, and tenement halls, [D#m] [F#] [C#]
of [F] silence.
[A#]
Because a [F#] vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, left its seeds [B] while I [F#] was sleeping.
And [B] the vision that was planted in [F#] my brain, [D#m] still remains within [C#] the sound of [A#] silence.
[D#m] In restless dreams I [C#] walked alone, narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
Leave the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, I turned my collar [B] to the [F#] cold and damp.
When [B] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [F#] light, I split the night.
[D#m] [F#] [C#]
[D#m] And in the naked light I saw, ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, people hearing [B] without [F#] listening.
People writing [B] songs, that voices never [F#] share.
No one dared [D#m] [F#] disturb [C#] the sound, [D#m] of silence.
Who said I [C#] do not know, silence like a [D#m] cancer grows.
Hear my words that I [B] might [F#] teach you, take my arms that [B] I might [F#] reach you.
But my [B] words, like silent raindrops [F#] fell, [D#m]
[F#] and echoed [C#] the will [D#m] of silence.
And the people [C#] bowed afraid, to the [D#m] neon god they made.
And the sign flashed [B] out its [F#] warning, in the [B] words that it was [F#] forming.
And the sign [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls, and tenement halls, [D#m] [F#] [C#]
of [F] silence.
[A#]
Key:
F#
B
D#m
C#
F
F#
B
D#m
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] Hello darkness [C#] my old friend, _ _ _ I've come to talk with you [D#m] again. _ _ _
Because a [F#] vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, _ _ left its seeds [B] while I [F#] was sleeping. _
And [B] the vision _ that was planted in [F#] my brain, _ [D#m] still remains _ within [C#] the sound _ of [A#] silence.
_ _ [D#m] _ In restless dreams I [C#] walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
_ _ _ Leave the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, I turned my collar [B] to the [F#] cold and damp. _
When [B] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [F#] light, _ I split the night.
[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ And in the naked light I saw, _ _ ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
_ _ People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, _ _ people hearing [B] without _ [F#] listening. _
People writing [B] _ _ songs, that voices never [F#] share.
_ No one dared [D#m] _ [F#] disturb [C#] the sound, [D#m] of silence.
_ _ _ Who said I [C#] do not know, _ _ _ silence like a [D#m] cancer grows.
_ _ Hear my words that I [B] might [F#] teach you, _ take my arms that [B] I might [F#] reach you. _
But my [B] _ words, like silent _ raindrops [F#] fell, _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
[F#] and _ echoed [C#] the will _ [D#m] of silence.
_ _ And the people [C#] bowed afraid, _ _ to the [D#m] neon god they _ made.
And the sign flashed [B] out its [F#] warning, in the [B] words that it was [F#] forming. _ _
And the sign [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls, _ and tenement halls, [D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ of [F] silence.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
Because a [F#] vision [B] softly [F#] creeping, _ _ left its seeds [B] while I [F#] was sleeping. _
And [B] the vision _ that was planted in [F#] my brain, _ [D#m] still remains _ within [C#] the sound _ of [A#] silence.
_ _ [D#m] _ In restless dreams I [C#] walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets of [D#m] cobblestone.
_ _ _ Leave the halo [B] of a [F#] street lamp, I turned my collar [B] to the [F#] cold and damp. _
When [B] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [F#] light, _ I split the night.
[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ And in the naked light I saw, _ _ ten thousand people [D#m] maybe more.
_ _ People talking [B] without [F#] speaking, _ _ people hearing [B] without _ [F#] listening. _
People writing [B] _ _ songs, that voices never [F#] share.
_ No one dared [D#m] _ [F#] disturb [C#] the sound, [D#m] of silence.
_ _ _ Who said I [C#] do not know, _ _ _ silence like a [D#m] cancer grows.
_ _ Hear my words that I [B] might [F#] teach you, _ take my arms that [B] I might [F#] reach you. _
But my [B] _ words, like silent _ raindrops [F#] fell, _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
[F#] and _ echoed [C#] the will _ [D#m] of silence.
_ _ And the people [C#] bowed afraid, _ _ to the [D#m] neon god they _ made.
And the sign flashed [B] out its [F#] warning, in the [B] words that it was [F#] forming. _ _
And the sign [B] said the words of the prophets are written on the subway [F#] walls, _ and tenement halls, [D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ of [F] silence.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
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