Sounds Of Silence - Paul Simon, guitar chords

Published: 2016-08-16 17:22
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

 Am                       G
Hello darkness, my old friend,
                          Am
Iʼve come to talk with you again,
          C        F             C
Because a vision softly creeping,
                        F     C
Left itʼs seeds while I was sleeping,
         F                              C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
       Am
Still remains
   C       G            Am
Within the sound of silence.

 Am                           G
In restless dreams I walked alone
                         Am
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
           C               F  C
ʼNeath the halo of a street lamp,
                        F        C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
  F
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a
        C                     Am
 neon light   That split the night
           C      G        Am
And touched the sound of silence.

 Am                      G
And in the naked light I saw
                           Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
         C              F     C
People talking without speaking,
                       F       C
People hearing without listening,
             F                       C
People writing songs that voices never share
           Am
And no one dare
  C           G        Am
Disturb the sound of silence.

 Am                       G
Fools said I, you do not know
                      Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
                 C      F          C
Hear my words that I might teach you,
                 F               C
Take my arms that I might reach you.
         F               C           Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
       Am           G             Am
And echoed    In the wells of silence

 Am                         G
And the people bowed and prayed
                      Am
To the neon God they made.
         C               F            C
 And the sign flashed out itʼs warning,
                 F              C
In the words that it was forming.
                     F
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
                            C
Are written on the subway walls
               Am
And tenement halls.
        C            G           Am
And whispered in the sounds of silence.