The Sound Of Silence original guitar chords by
Simon & Garfunkel
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Key: Eb minor•
Intro 1
Ebsus2
Ebsus2
6

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Ebsus2
Ebsus2
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Verse 1
Db
Db
4

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Hello darkness, my old friend
Ebm
Ebm
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I've come to talk with you again
Cb
Cb
2

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Gb
Gb
2

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Because a vision softly creeping
Cb
Cb
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Gb
Gb
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Left its seeds while I was sleeping
Cb
Cb
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Gb
Gb
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And the vision that was planted in my brain
Ebm
Ebm
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Still remains
Gb
Gb
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Db
Db
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Ebsus2
Ebsus2
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Ebm
Ebm
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Within the sound of silence
Verse 2
Db
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In restless dreams I walked alone
Ebm
Ebm
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Narrow streets of cobblestone
Cb
Cb
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Gb
Gb
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'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Cb
Cb
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Gb
Gb
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I turned my collar to the cold and damp
Cb
Cb
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When my eyes were stabbed
Gb
Gb
2

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by the flash of a neon light
Ebm
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That split the night
Gb
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Db
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Ebm
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And touched the sound of silence
Verse 3
Db
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And in the naked light I saw
Ebm
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Ten thousand people, maybe more
Gb
Gb
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Cb
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Gb
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People talking without speaking
Cb
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Gb
Gb
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People hearing without listening
Cb
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Gb
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People writing songs that voices never share
Ebm
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And no one dared
Gb
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Db
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Ebm
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Disturb the sound of silence
Verse 4
Db
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"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Ebm
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Silence like a cancer grows
Cb
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Gb
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Hear my words that I might teach you
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Take my arms that I might reach you"
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Gb
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But my words like silent raindrops fell
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Gb
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Db
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Ebm
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And echoed in the wells of silence
Verse 5
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And the people bowed and prayed
Ebm
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To the neon god they made
Cb
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Gb
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And the sign flashed out its warning
Cb
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Gb
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In the words that it was forming
Cb
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And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Gb
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Are written on the subway walls
Ebm
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And tenement halls
Gb
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Db
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And whispered in the sounds
Ebsus2
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Ebsus2
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Ebm
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