The Sound Of Silence chords (version 1)
Simon and Garfunkel  *

Capo I

            
Hello darkness

             
 my old friend

              
, I've come to

              
 talk to you a


gain.
             
Because a visi

            
on softly cree

 
ping,
              
left its seeds

            
 while I was s

    
leeping
            
And the vision

              
 that was plan

          
ted in my brai

n,
            
still remains,

            
 within the so

       
und of silence

.

            
In restless dr

              
eams I walked 

             
alone through 

              
narrow streets

          
 of cobbleston

e.
             
Beneath the ha

            
lo of a street

 
 lamp,
              
I turned my co

            
llar to the co

       
ld and damp.
            
When my eyes w

              
ere stabbed by

              
 a flash of th

       
e neon light,
              
and split the 

           
night, and tou

             
ched the sound

    
 of silence.

            
And in the nak

             
ed light I saw

              
, ten thousand

              
 people maybe 


more.
             
People talking

            
 without speak


ing,
              
people hearing

            
 without liste

 
ning.
              
People writing

            
 songs that vo

           
ices never sha

red,
            
no one dared, 

            
disturb the so

       
und of silence

.

            
"Fools," said 

              
I, "you do not

             
 know, silence

              
 like a cancer

 
 grows.
             
Hear my words 

            
that I might t

     
each you,
              
take my arms t

            
hat I might re

    
ach you."
            
But my words l

              
ike silent rai

       
ndrops fell,
            
echoed in the 

        
wells of silen

ce.

            
And the people

             
 bowed and pra

              
yed, to the ne

            
on god they ma

de.
             
And the sign f

            
lashed out it 

      
s warning,
              
in the words t

            
hat it was for

 
ming.  And the

 sign said:
            
"The words of 

              
the prophets a

              
re written on 

           
the subway wal

ls;
             
and tenement h

            
alls," and whi

             
spered the sou

       
nds of silence

.

* Alternate:

Capo IV

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The Sound Of Silence chords  (version 2)
Simon and Garfunkel

Capo VI



            
Hello darkness

         
, my old frien

d,
              
I've come to t

              
alk with you a


gain
              
Because a visi

             
on softly cree

     
ping,
            
left its seeds

             
 while I was s

                      
leeping
             
And the vision

              
, that was pla

             
nted in my bra

                        
in;
        
still remains,
             
within the sou

                     
nd of silence.

            
In restless dr

              
eams I walked 

       
alone,
              
narrow streets

          
 of cobbleston

e
              
'Neath the hal

             
o of a street 


lamp,
            
I turned my co

             
llar to the co

       
ld and damp
             
When my eyes w

              
ere stabbed by

              
 the flash of 

       
a neon light;
              
that split the

 
 night,
              
and touched th

          
e sound of sil

ence.

            
And in the nak

           
ed light I saw

,
              
ten thousand p

             
eople, maybe m


ore.
              
People talking

             
 without speak


ing
              
People hearing

             
 without liste

 
ning
              
People writing

             
 songs that vo

           
ices never sha

re;
           
and no one dar

e,
             
disturb the so

       
und of silence

.

            
Fools said I y

          
ou do not know

,
              
silence like a

        
 cancer grows.
              
Hear my words 

             
that I might t

     
each you,
              
take my arms t

             
hat I might re

    
ach you.
             
But my words l

              
ike silent rai

       
ndrops fell;  

  
    
and echoed 
             
in the wells o

  
f silence

            
And the people

           
 bowed and pra

yed,
              
to the neon Go

       
d they made.
              
And the sign f

             
lashed out its

     
 warning,
              
in the words t

             
hat it was for


ming.
            
And the sign s

         
aid, the words

 of the prophe

ts,
              
are written on

            
 the subway wa

lls;
             
and tenement h


alls.
              
And whispered 

             
in the sounds 

        
of silence.


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The Sound Of Silence chords  (version 3)
Simon and Garfunkel

            
Hello darkness

         
, my old frien

d,
              
I've come to t

              
alk with you a


gain
             
Because a visi

             
on softly cree

     
ping,
            
left its seeds

             
 while I was s

                      
leeping
             
And the vision

              
, that was pla

             
nted in my bra

                        
in;
        
still remains,
            
within the sou

                     
nd of silence.

            
In restless dr

              
eams I walked 

       
alone,
              
narrow streets

          
 of cobbleston

e
              
'Neath the hal

             
o of a street 


lamp,
            
I turned my co

             
llar to the co

       
ld and damp
             
When my eyes w

              
ere stabbed by

              
 the flash of 

       
a neon light;
              
that split the

 
 night,
             
and touched th

          
e sound of sil

ence.

            
And in the nak

           
ed light I saw

,
              
ten thousand p

             
eople, maybe m


ore.
             
People talking

             
 without speak


ing
              
People hearing

             
 without liste

 
ning
              
People writing

             
 songs that vo

           
ices never sha

re;
           
and no one dar

e,
            
disturb the so

       
und of silence

.

            
Fools said I y

          
ou do not know

,
              
silence like a

        
 cancer grows.
             
Hear my words 

             
that I might t

     
each you,
              
take my arms t

             
hat I might re

    
ach you.
             
But my words l

              
ike silent rai

       
ndrops fell;  

  
    
and echoed 
             
in the wells o

  
f silence

            
And the people

           
 bowed and pra

yed,
              
to the neon Go

       
d they made.
             
And the sign f

             
lashed out its

     
 warning,
              
in the words t

             
hat it was for


ming.
            
And the sign s

         
aid, the words

 of the prophe

ts,
              
are written on

            
 the subway wa

lls;
             
and tenement h


alls.

             
And whispered 

             
in the sounds 

        
of silence.


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