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              The Sound of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel
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Written by: Paul Simon
From: "Wednesday Morning 3 A.M." (1964, studio acoustic version)
      "Sounds Of Silence" (1966, studio version with band overdubs)
      "The Concert in Central Park" (1982)
      "Live from New York City, 1967" (2002)
      "Live 1969" (2008)
      "Old Friends - Live on Stage" (2004)
      Paul Simon solo studio version on: "The Paul Simon Songbook" (1965)

Tuning: Standard
tabbed by: maguri

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      studio versions   live versions    Paul Simon solo version
capo: 6th fret          7th fret         2nd fret
play: Am                Am               Am
key:  Ebm               Em               Bm

Use these capo positions to play along to the original recordings.
Other than that, just use the key that suits the range of your voice best.

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CHORDS
          E-A-
Asus2     x-0-
C/B       x-2-

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D-G-B-e
2-2-0-0
x-0-x-x

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[Intro]

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         (brea

k)

[Verse 1]

              
Hello darkness

         
 my old friend
             
 I've come to 

              
talk with you 

 
again
             
Because a visi

             
on softly-y cr

            
eeping
             
 Left its seed

             
s while I wa-a

                        
s sleeping
            
 And the visio

              
n that was pla

             
nted in my bra

  
in
             
Still remains

        
            
 Within the so

                                  
und of silence
                              (break)


[Verse 2]

              
 In restless d

              
reams I walked

            
 alone
             
 Narrow street

           
s of cobblesto

ne
           
 'Neath the ha

             
lo of a-a stre

   
et lamp
             
 I turned my c

             
ollar to the c

        
old and damp
            
 When my eyes 

              
were stabbed b

              
y the flash of

             
 a neon light
              
That split the

             
 night
             
 And touched t

           
he sound of si

lence


[Verse 3]

            
 And in the na

            
ked light I sa

w
             
 Ten thousand 

              
people maybe m


ore
           
 People talkin

             
g without spea


king
             
 People hearin

             
g withou-out l

   
istening
             
 People writin

             
g songs that v

            
oices never sh

are
             
And no one dar

           
e
            
 Disturb the s

        
ound of silenc

e


[Verse 4]

            
 Fools said I 

            
you do not kno

w
             
 Silence like 

         
a cancer grows
           
 Hear my words

             
 that I mi-igh

        
t teach you
             
 Take my arms 

             
that I mi-ight

       
 reach you
            
 But my words 

              
like silent ra

       |    |        |
indrops fell
    
And echoed
             
In the wells o

  
f silence


[Verse 5]

            
 And the peopl

            
e bowed and pr

ayed
             
 To the neon G

        
od they made.
           
 And the sign 

              
flashed out i-

      
its warning
             
 In the words 

             
that it wa-as 

   
forming.
             
And the sign s

         
aid the words 

of the prophet

s
             
Are written on

            
 the subway wa

lls
             
And tenement h

             
alls
             
And whispered 

            
in the sounds 

              
... of silence
                         (break)