The Sound Of Silence chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: B minor
Verse 1
Am
Am

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G
G

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Hello darkness, my old friend
Am
Am

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I've come to talk with you again
C
C

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F
F

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Because a vision softly creeping
C
C

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F
F

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Left its seeds while I was sleeping
C
C

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F
F

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And the vision that was
C
C

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planted in my brain
Am
Am

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Still remains
C
C

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G
G

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Am
Am

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Within the sound of silence
Verse 2
Am
Am

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G
G

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In restless dreams I walked alone
F
F

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Am
Am

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Narrow streets of cobblestone
C
C

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F
F

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C
C

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'Neath the halo of a street lamp
F
F

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C
C

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I turned my collar to the cold and damp
F
F

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When my eyes were stabbed by
C
C

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the flash of a neon light
F
F

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C
C

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Am
Am

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That split the night
C
C

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G
G

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Am
Am

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And touched the sound of silence
Verse 3
Am
Am

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F
F

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G
G

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And in the naked light I saw
Am
Am

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Ten thousand people, maybe more
C
C

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F
F

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People talking without speaking
C
C

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F
F

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C
C

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People hearing without listening
F
F

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People writing songs that
C
C

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voices never share
Am
Am

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And no one dare
C
C

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G
G

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F
F

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Am
Am

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Disturb the sound of silence
F
F

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"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Verse 4
G
G

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F
F

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C
C

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Am
Am

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C
C

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Am
Am

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Silence like a cancer grows
C
C

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F
F

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C
C

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Hear my words that I might teach you
F
F

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C
C

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Take my arms that I might reach you"
F
F

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But my words like silent
C
C

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F
F

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C
C

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Am
Am

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raindrops fell
C
C

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And echoed
G
G

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F
F

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In the wells of silence
Am
Am

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Verse 5
F
F

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G
G

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And the people bowed and prayed
Am
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To the neon God they made
C
C

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F
F

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C
C

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And the sign flashed it s warning
F
F

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C
C

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In the words that it was forming
And the sign said,
F
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"The words of the prophets
C
C

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Are written on the subway walls
Am
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And tenement halls"
C
C

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G
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C
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And whispered in the sounds of silence
Am
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