Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

Standard tuning
         
              
Throughout the
              
              
              
              
              

              
 intro you plu
              
              
              
              
              

              
ck like so: e|
            B|
            G|
            D|
            A|
            E|

 
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The only plucking part of the song is the intro, the rest is strumming, you'll have
to listen to the song to find the rhythm. Good luck.


[Intro] 

(Start plucking on the 'G' string, and say "Hello" on the third time you pluck
the 'B' string. The rest of the chords are above the corresponding syllables, just keep
the plucking rhythm while you transition.)


            
    Hello dark

            
ness my old fr

iend
              
I've come to t

             
alk with you a


gain
             
Because a visi

            
on softly cree

 
ping
              
Left his seeds

            
 while I was s

    
leeping
            
And the vision

              
 that was plan

          
ted in my brai

n
              
Still remain  

           
        within

             
 the sound of 

          
silence.


[Verse 1]

              
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 

            
the sound of s


ilence.


[Verse 2]

              
And in the nak

           
ed light I saw
              
Ten thousand p

            
eople maybe mo

re
             
People talking

            
 without speak


ing
              
People hearing

            
 without liste

 
ning
              
People writing

            
 songs that vo

           
ices never sha

re 
              
And no one dar

           
e          dis

             
turb the sound

    
 of silence


[Verse 3]

              
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 echoe

             
d in the wells

    
 of silence


[Verse 4]

              
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 said 
            
The words of t

              
he prophets ar

              
e written on t

          
he subway wall

s
              
And tenement h

            
alls        an

             
d whispered in

             
 the sounds of

 
 silence