Standard tuning
DmThroughout the intro you pluck like so: e|---1---1---1---1-|
B|-----3-------3---|
G|-2-------2-------|
The only plucking part of the song is the intro, the rest is strumming, you'll have
to listen to the song to find the rhythm. Good luck.
Intro: (Start plucking on the 'G' string, and say "Hello" on the third time you pluck
the 'B' string. The rest of the chords are above the corresponding syllables, just keep
the plucking rhythm while you transition.)
Dm C
Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
F Bb FBecause a vision softly creeping
Bb FLeft his seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Dm F C DStill remain within the sound of silence.
Verse 1:
In restless dreams I walked alone
DmNarrow streets of cobbled stone
F Bb F'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
Bb FWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
Dm F C DmThat split the night and touched the sound of silence.
Verse 2:
CAnd in the naked light I saw
DmTen thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
Bb FPeople hearing without listening
Bb FPeople writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare disturb the sound of silence
Verse 3:
CFools said I you do not know
Silence like a cancer grow
F Bb FHear my words that I might teach you
Bb FTake my arm that I might reach you
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Dm F C DmAnd echoed in the well of silence
Verse 4:
And the people bowed and prayed
DmTo the neon god they made
F Bb FAnd the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said
Bb FThe words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls and whispered in the sound of silence
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