Sound Of Silence
Paul Simon (1964)
2/4 | d u D u |
Intro Fingerpicking Pattern over this Em9 chord
A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
| [Em] | [Em] |
| [Em] .. Hello | darkness, my old | [D] friend | [D] |
| [D] . I've come to | talk with you a- | [Em] gain | [Em] |
| [Em] . Because a | vision soft- | [C] ly creep- | [G] ing |
| [G] .. Left its | seeds while I wa- | [C] as sleep- | [G] ing |
| [G] .. And the | [C] vision | .. that was | planted | in my | [G] brain |
| [G] .. Still re- | [G] mains | [Em] |
| [G] . Within the | [D] sound | ... of | [Em] silence | [Em] | [Em↓]
In restless dreams I walked a- [D] lone
Narrow streets of cobble- [Em] stone
'Neath the halo of a [C] street- [G] lamp
I turned my collar to the [C] cold and [G] damp
When my [C] eyes were stabbed by the [C] flash of a neon [G] light
That split the [G] night [Em]
[G] And touched the [D] sound
of [Em] silence
[Em] And in the naked light I [D] saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [Em] more
People talking with- [C] out speak- [G] ing
People hearing with- [C] out listen- [G] ing
People writing [C] songs that [C] voices
never [G] share
And no one [G] dare [Em]
[G] Disturb the [D] sound of [Em] silence
[Em] “Fools” said I, “You do not [D] know
Silence like a cancer [Em] grows
Hear my words that I mi- [C] ight teach [G] you
Take my arms that I mi- [C] ight reach [G] you”
But my [C] words... like [C] silent raindrops [G] fell [Em]
And [G] echoed in the [D] wells of [Em] silence
[Em] And the people bowed and [D] prayed
To the neon God they [Em] made
And the sign flashed out [C] its warn- [G] ing
In the words that it wa- [C] as form- [G] ing
And the sign said “The [C] words of the prophets
Are [C] written on the subway [G] walls
And tenement [G] halls [G]
And [G] whispered in the [D↓] sounds
of [Intro FP] [Em] silence [Em]
A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
#Original key is semitone lower (Ebm) so a capo won't help for playing along.
#Thanks to Sharon and VUP (Vernon Ukulele Players) for this great chart.
#Last Updated 1/15/19 JJ
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Paul Simon (1964)
2/4 | d u D u |
Intro Fingerpicking Pattern over this Em9 chord
A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
| [Em] | [Em] |
| [Em] .. Hello | darkness, my old | [D] friend | [D] |
| [D] . I've come to | talk with you a- | [Em] gain | [Em] |
| [Em] . Because a | vision soft- | [C] ly creep- | [G] ing |
| [G] .. Left its | seeds while I wa- | [C] as sleep- | [G] ing |
| [G] .. And the | [C] vision | .. that was | planted | in my | [G] brain |
| [G] .. Still re- | [G] mains | [Em] |
| [G] . Within the | [D] sound | ... of | [Em] silence | [Em] | [Em↓]
In restless dreams I walked a- [D] lone
Narrow streets of cobble- [Em] stone
'Neath the halo of a [C] street- [G] lamp
I turned my collar to the [C] cold and [G] damp
When my [C] eyes were stabbed by the [C] flash of a neon [G] light
That split the [G] night [Em]
[G] And touched the [D] sound
of [Em] silence
[Em] And in the naked light I [D] saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [Em] more
People talking with- [C] out speak- [G] ing
People hearing with- [C] out listen- [G] ing
People writing [C] songs that [C] voices
never [G] share
And no one [G] dare [Em]
[G] Disturb the [D] sound of [Em] silence
[Em] “Fools” said I, “You do not [D] know
Silence like a cancer [Em] grows
Hear my words that I mi- [C] ight teach [G] you
Take my arms that I mi- [C] ight reach [G] you”
But my [C] words... like [C] silent raindrops [G] fell [Em]
And [G] echoed in the [D] wells of [Em] silence
[Em] And the people bowed and [D] prayed
To the neon God they [Em] made
And the sign flashed out [C] its warn- [G] ing
In the words that it wa- [C] as form- [G] ing
And the sign said “The [C] words of the prophets
Are [C] written on the subway [G] walls
And tenement [G] halls [G]
And [G] whispered in the [D↓] sounds
of [Intro FP] [Em] silence [Em]
A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
#Original key is semitone lower (Ebm) so a capo won't help for playing along.
#Thanks to Sharon and VUP (Vernon Ukulele Players) for this great chart.
#Last Updated 1/15/19 JJ
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