Chords for Paul Simon - The Sound of Silence - Newport Folk Festival 2022
Tempo:
91.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
A
F#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
[Bm]
[A]
[B] [F#]
[D]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [D] [A]
[F#]
Hello [A] darkness, my old friend.
I'm here to talk with you [F#] again.
[C#] Because [D] a vision softly [G]
creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
[D] And the [G] vision that was planted in my [D] brain,
Still [Bm] remains [D] within the [A] sun, or the [Bm] stars.
In the restless dreams I [D] walked alone,
[A] In the narrow streets of [Bm] cornerstone,
[D] Beneath the halo of a streetlight,
I turned my collar to the cold and the damp.
When [G] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [D] light,
Which lit all the [Bm] night,
[D] And clutched the [A] sound [Bm] of a sign.
And in the naked light [A] I saw,
Ten thousand people, maybe [Bm] more,
[D] Were talking [G] without [D] speaking,
Were hearing without listening,
Were writing [G] songs,
That voices never [D] share,
And no one [Bm] dared,
[D] [A] Disturb the sound.
[F#] See, the fool said I [A] do not know,
Silence like a [F#] cancer grows,
Hear my [D] words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach out to you,
But [G] my words,
Like silent rain [D] drops fell,
An echo
[Bm] in [A] the [F#] wells of silence,
[Bm] And the people [D] bowed in prayer,
[A] To hear the neon light [Bm] beaming,
[D] And the sign [G] flashed its warning,
[D] And the words said it was [D] for me,
Said the [G] words of the prophets,
Are written on the subway [D] walls,
And the tenor of [Bm] halls,
[D] And whispered in the sound.
[A] [C#]
[F#]
[Bm]
[G#]
[D] [F#]
[F]
[N] Thank you.
[Bm]
[A]
[B] [F#]
[D]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [D] [A]
[F#]
Hello [A] darkness, my old friend.
I'm here to talk with you [F#] again.
[C#] Because [D] a vision softly [G]
creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
[D] And the [G] vision that was planted in my [D] brain,
Still [Bm] remains [D] within the [A] sun, or the [Bm] stars.
In the restless dreams I [D] walked alone,
[A] In the narrow streets of [Bm] cornerstone,
[D] Beneath the halo of a streetlight,
I turned my collar to the cold and the damp.
When [G] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [D] light,
Which lit all the [Bm] night,
[D] And clutched the [A] sound [Bm] of a sign.
And in the naked light [A] I saw,
Ten thousand people, maybe [Bm] more,
[D] Were talking [G] without [D] speaking,
Were hearing without listening,
Were writing [G] songs,
That voices never [D] share,
And no one [Bm] dared,
[D] [A] Disturb the sound.
[F#] See, the fool said I [A] do not know,
Silence like a [F#] cancer grows,
Hear my [D] words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach out to you,
But [G] my words,
Like silent rain [D] drops fell,
An echo
[Bm] in [A] the [F#] wells of silence,
[Bm] And the people [D] bowed in prayer,
[A] To hear the neon light [Bm] beaming,
[D] And the sign [G] flashed its warning,
[D] And the words said it was [D] for me,
Said the [G] words of the prophets,
Are written on the subway [D] walls,
And the tenor of [Bm] halls,
[D] And whispered in the sound.
[A] [C#]
[F#]
[Bm]
[G#]
[D] [F#]
[F]
[N] Thank you.
Key:
D
Bm
A
F#
G
D
Bm
A
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hello [A] darkness, my old friend.
_ _ I'm here to talk with you [F#] again. _
_ _ _ [C#] Because [D] a vision softly [G]
creeping,
_ _ Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
[D] _ _ _ And the [G] vision that was planted in my [D] brain,
_ Still _ [Bm] remains [D] within the [A] sun, or the [Bm] stars.
_ In the restless dreams I [D] walked alone,
_ _ [A] In the narrow streets of [Bm] cornerstone,
_ _ _ _ [D] Beneath the halo of a streetlight,
_ I turned my collar to the cold and the damp.
When [G] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [D] light,
Which lit all the [Bm] night, _
[D] And clutched the [A] sound _ [Bm] of a sign.
_ _ _ And in the naked light [A] I saw, _
_ _ Ten thousand people, maybe [Bm] more, _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Were talking [G] without [D] speaking,
_ _ Were hearing without listening,
_ _ Were writing [G] _ songs,
That voices never [D] share,
And no one [Bm] dared,
[D] _ [A] Disturb the sound.
_ [F#] See, _ _ _ the fool said I [A] do not know,
_ _ _ Silence like a [F#] cancer grows,
_ _ Hear my [D] words that I might teach you,
_ Take my arms that I might reach out to you,
But [G] my words,
Like silent rain [D] drops fell, _
_ _ _ _ An echo _
[Bm] in [A] _ the [F#] wells of silence, _
_ _ [Bm] And the people [D] bowed in prayer, _
_ _ [A] To hear the neon light [Bm] beaming, _
_ _ [D] And the sign [G] flashed its warning,
[D] _ _ And the words said it was [D] for me, _
_ _ Said the [G] words of the prophets,
Are written on the subway [D] walls,
And the tenor of [Bm] halls,
[D] And whispered in the sound.
[A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] Thank you. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hello [A] darkness, my old friend.
_ _ I'm here to talk with you [F#] again. _
_ _ _ [C#] Because [D] a vision softly [G]
creeping,
_ _ Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
[D] _ _ _ And the [G] vision that was planted in my [D] brain,
_ Still _ [Bm] remains [D] within the [A] sun, or the [Bm] stars.
_ In the restless dreams I [D] walked alone,
_ _ [A] In the narrow streets of [Bm] cornerstone,
_ _ _ _ [D] Beneath the halo of a streetlight,
_ I turned my collar to the cold and the damp.
When [G] my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [D] light,
Which lit all the [Bm] night, _
[D] And clutched the [A] sound _ [Bm] of a sign.
_ _ _ And in the naked light [A] I saw, _
_ _ Ten thousand people, maybe [Bm] more, _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Were talking [G] without [D] speaking,
_ _ Were hearing without listening,
_ _ Were writing [G] _ songs,
That voices never [D] share,
And no one [Bm] dared,
[D] _ [A] Disturb the sound.
_ [F#] See, _ _ _ the fool said I [A] do not know,
_ _ _ Silence like a [F#] cancer grows,
_ _ Hear my [D] words that I might teach you,
_ Take my arms that I might reach out to you,
But [G] my words,
Like silent rain [D] drops fell, _
_ _ _ _ An echo _
[Bm] in [A] _ the [F#] wells of silence, _
_ _ [Bm] And the people [D] bowed in prayer, _
_ _ [A] To hear the neon light [Bm] beaming, _
_ _ [D] And the sign [G] flashed its warning,
[D] _ _ And the words said it was [D] for me, _
_ _ Said the [G] words of the prophets,
Are written on the subway [D] walls,
And the tenor of [Bm] halls,
[D] And whispered in the sound.
[A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] Thank you. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _