The Sound of Silence      Simon & Garfunkel          Capo 6th fret     4/4 time

( 1,2,3  4) = 1 measure & beats you play the chord

(   ) = 1 measure

() = one 2/4 measure


[Verse 1]

          
     Hello dar

              
kness, my old 

            
friend,  I've 

              
come to talk w

         
ith you again,
(        
Because a visi

       
on softly cree

           
ping,     Left

              
 it's seeds wh

         (   
ile I was slee

  
ping,
(          
 And the visio

             
n that was pla

             
nted in my bra

         (   
in still remai

 
ns   
(          
 Within the so

            
und of silence

              
.             

              
              

             
             

[Verse 2]

            
 In restless d

              
reams I walked

            
 alone     nar

              
row streets of

        
 cobblestone,
(      
  'Neath the h

         
alo of a stree

           
t lamp,     I 

              
turned my coll

         (   
ar to the cold

     
 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 tho

              
usand people, 

      
maybe more.
(      
   People talk

         (
ing without sp

           
eaking,   Peop

              
le hearing wit

     (   
hout listening

,
(          
 People writin

             
g songs that v

             
oices never sh

              
are And no one

(   
 dare
(          
 Disturb the s

        
ound of silenc

e.

[Verse 4]

            
 Fools said I,

             
 you do not kn

             
ow      Silenc

              
e like a cance

  
r grows.
(      
 Hear my words

          (
 that I might 

           
teach you;    

             
take my arms t

           ( 
hat I might re

    
ach you.
(          
 But my words 

             
like silent ra

             
indrops fell, 

(        
        and ec

             
hoed in the we

       
lls of silence

.

[Verse 5]

            
 And the peopl

             
e bowed and pr

             
ayed     to th

              
e neon God the

  
y made.
(      
 And the sign 

           
flashed out it

  (        
's warning,   

             
  in the words

            (
 that it was f

  
orming.
             
   And the sig

             
n said, “The w

              
ords of the pr

             
ophets are wri

              
tten on the su

     
bway walls
            (
And tenement h

          
alls”. And whi

              
spered in the 

           
sounds of sile

        
nce.