The Sound of Silence (2 Harp Harmony)

by Simon and Garfunkel · posted by Billy_Idle

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The Sound of Silence / Simon and Garfunkel

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of G) so you can Play Along With The Song!



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The Sound of Silence


Hello, darkness, my old friend
 2  2    3  3    -4  -4  -3
 2  2    2  2     2   2  -1

I've come to talk with you again
 -1   -1  -1  -2*  -2*  -3  -3  3
 -1   -1  -1  -1   -1   -1  -1  2

Because a vision softly creeping
  3  3  3  -4 -4 -5 -5  6  6 -5
  3  3  3   3  3  3  3  3  3  3

Left its seeds while I was sleeping
  3   3    3     3  -4 -4  6  6 -5
  3   3    3     3   3  3  3  3  3

And the vision that was planted in my brain
  3   3  6  6   6   -6*   7  7 -6* 6  -5
  3   3  3  3   3   -3   -4  4  4  4  -4

Still remains
  6   -5  -4
  4   -4   3

Within the sound of silence
  3  3  3   -5  -2*   3  2
  3  3  3   -2* -2*   3  2


In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

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

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


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