The Sound Of Silence chords by
Simon & Garfunkel

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Key: Eb minor

Intro 1

Ebm

Ebm

Verse 1
Db Db 4
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Hello darkness, my old friend
Ebm Ebm 6
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I've come to talk with you again
B B 2
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Gb Gb 2
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Because a vision softly creeping
B B 2
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Gb Gb 2
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Left its seeds while I was sleeping
B B 2
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Gb Gb 2
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And the vision that was planted in my brain
Ebm Ebm 6
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Still remains
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Ebm Ebm 6
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Within the sound of silence

Verse 2
Db Db 4
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In restless dreams I walked alone
Ebm Ebm 6
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Narrow streets of cobblestone
B B 2
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Gb Gb 2
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'Neath the halo of a  street lamp
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Gb Gb 2
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I turned my collar to the cold and damp
B B 2
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When my eyes were stabbed
Gb Gb 2
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by the flash of a neon light
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That split the night
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Ebm Ebm 6
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And touched the sound of silence

Verse 3
Db Db 4
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And in the naked light I saw
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Ten thousand people, maybe more
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B B 2
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Gb Gb 2
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People talking without speaking
B B 2
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Gb Gb 2
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People hearing without listening
B B 2
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Gb Gb 2
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People writing songs that voices never share
Ebm Ebm 6
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And no one dared
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Db Db 4
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Ebm Ebm 6
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Disturb the sound of silence

Verse 4
Db Db 4
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"Fools" said I, "You do not know
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Silence like a cancer grows
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Gb Gb 2
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Hear my words that I might teach you
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Gb Gb 2
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Take my arms that I might reach you"
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Gb Gb 2
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But my words like silent raindrops fell
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Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Ebm Ebm 6
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And echoed in the wells of silence

Verse 5
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And the people bowed and prayed
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To the neon god they made
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And the sign flashed out its warning
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Gb Gb 2
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In the words that it was forming
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And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
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Are written on the subway walls
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And tenement halls
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Db Db 4
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And whispered in the sounds
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