5 Chords used in the song: Esus2, D, Em, C, G
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Transpose chords:
# For the first part, play the chord with finger-picking playing the strings in this order: C - A - E - A
# Strum pattern I use: d d D d (insisting on the 3rd down)
Esus2
Esus2 D
Hello darkness, my old friend
D Em
I've come to talk with you again
Em C* G
Because a vision softly, creeping
G C* G
Left its seeds while I was, sleeping
G C* C* G G Em
And the vision, that was planted in my brain... still remains
G D Esus2 Em
Within the sound of silence
D
In restless dreams I walked alone
D Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Em C* G
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
G C* G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
G C* C* G
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
G Em
That split the night
G D Esus2 Em
And touched the sound, of silence
D
And in the naked light I saw
D Em
Ten thousand people maybe more
Em C* G
People talking without speaking
G C* G
People hearing without listening
G C* C* G
People writing songs, that voices never shared
G Em
No one dared
G D Esus2 Em
Disturb the sound, of silence
D
Fools, said I, You do not know
D Em
Silence like a cancer grows
Em C* G
Hear my words that I might teach you
G C* G
Take my arms that I might reach you
G C* C* G
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
G Em
And echoed,
G D Esus2 Em
In the wells, of silence
D
And the people bowed and prayed
D Em
To the neon god they made
Em C* G
And the sign flashed out its warning
G C* G
In the words that it was forming
G C* C* G
And the sign said, The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls,
G Em
And tenement halls
G D Esus2 Em
And whispered in the sounds, of silence
# Play last Esus2 with the fingerpicking style like the first part to make the "slowing effect" which is so typical of this song ;-)
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About this song: Sound Of Silence
Originally titled The Sounds of Silence, "The Sound of Silence" is a song performed by American folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Paul Simon originally wrote the song over the span of a couple months from '63 to '64, eventually recording it along with Art Garfunkel for their 1964 debut album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The album was a commercial flop and the duo split temporarily. The song, however, began to grow in popularity after regular radio airplay in Boston and Florida in early '65. Read more on Last.fm.