Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence (Guitar Live)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sound of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) tabbed by: maguri --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-D-G-B-e
Asus2     x-0-2-2-0-0
C/B       x-2-x-0-x-x
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| Asus2 | Am
         (break)
[Verse 1]
                       G
Hello darkness my old friend

G                            Am
 I've come to talk with you again

          C             F     C          
Because a vision softly-y creeping

C                          F      C                  
 Left its seeds while I wa-as sleeping

C        F                             C    
 And the vision that was planted in my brain

        C     C/B Am       
Still remains

C           G        Am         Am                  
 Within the sound of silence
(break) [Verse 2]
                              G          
 In restless dreams I walked alone

G                        Am
 Narrow streets of cobblestone

Am          C         F        C
 'Neath the halo of a-a street lamp

C                          F        C
 I turned my collar to the cold and damp

C        F                                        C     
 When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

               C     C/B Am      
That split the night

C                G        Am
 And touched the sound of silence
[Verse 3]
Am                        G
 And in the naked light I saw

G                           Am
 Ten thousand people maybe more

Am      C           F       C
 People talking without speaking

C                      F       C
 People hearing withou-out listening

C               F                       C
 People writing songs that voices never share

           C     C/B  Am      
And no one dare

C            G        Am
 Disturb the sound of silence
[Verse 4]
Am                        G
 Fools said I you do not know

G                      Am
 Silence like a cancer grows

Am       C               F          C
 Hear my words that I mi-ight teach you

C                       F          C
 Take my arms that I mi-ight reach you

C       F                          |  C  | C  C/B Am    |
 But my words like silent raindrops fell

    C
And echoed

       G        Am
In the wells of silence
[Verse 5]
Am                        G
 And the people bowed and prayed

G                     Am
 To the neon God they made.

Am       C                  F      C
 And the sign flashed out i-its warning

C                        F     C
 In the words that it wa-as forming.

        C              F
And the sign said the words of the prophets

    F                     C
Are written on the subway walls

             C     C/B  Am      
And tenement halls

    C                G     G       Asus2      Am 
And whispered in the sounds ... of silence
(break)