The Sound Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel, guitar chords

Published: 2022-02-06 18:42
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

       Am            G
Hello darkness my old friend,
                     Am
I’ve come to talk with you again.
     C            F            C
Because a vision softly creeping
             F                 C
Left it’s seed while I was sleeping,
            F                         C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
     Am
Still remains
  C     G             Am
Within the sounds of silence.

       Am            G
In restless dreams I walked alone,
                     Am
Narrow streets of cobble stone.
     C            F            C
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp,
             F                 C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
            F                         C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
     Am
That split the night
  C     G             Am
And touched the sounds 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 shared,
     Am
And no one dared
  C     G             Am
Disturb the sounds 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 might reach you.”
            F            C         Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell
  C     G             Am
And echoed in the wells of silence.

       Am            G
And the people bowed and prayed
                     Am
To the neon gods they made.
     C            F            C
And the sign flashed its warning,
             F                 C
In the words that it was forming,
            F                         C
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are
          C
written on the subway walls
     Am
And tenement halls.”
  C     G             Am
And whispered in the sounds of silence.