The Sound Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel, ukulele chords

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

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

       G#m            F#
In restless dreams I walked alone,
                     G#m
Narrow streets of cobble stone.
     B            E            B
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp,
             E                 B
I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
            E                         B
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
     G#m
That split the night
  B     F#             G#m
And touched the sounds of silence.

       G#m            F#
And in the naked light I saw
                     G#m
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
     B            E           B
People talking without speaking,
             E                 B
People hearing without listening,
            E                         B
People writing songs that voices never shared,
     G#m
And no one dared
  B     F#             G#m
Disturb the sounds of silence.

       G#m            F#
“Fools!” said I, “you do not know,
                     G#m
Silence like a cancer grows.
     B            E           B
Hear my words that I might teach you,
             E                 B
Take my arms that might reach you.”
            E            B         G#m
But my words like silent raindrops fell
  B     F#             G#m
And echoed in the wells of silence.

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