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
DmI've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Bb FLeft his seeds while I was sleeping
Bb FAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remain within the sound of silence.
Verse 1:
CIn restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobbled stone
F Bb F'Neath the halo of a street lamp
Bb FI turned my collar to the cold and damp
When 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:
And in the naked light I saw
DmTen thousand people maybe more
F Bb FPeople talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
Bb FPeople writing songs that voices never share
Dm F C DmAnd no one dare disturb the sound of silence
Verse 3:
CFools said I you do not know
DmSilence like a cancer grow
Hear my words that I might teach you
Bb FTake my arm that I might reach you
Bb FBut my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the well of silence
Verse 4:
CAnd the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
F Bb FAnd the sign flashed out its warning
Bb FIn the words that it was forming
And the sign said
Bb FThe words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Dm F C DmAnd tenement halls and whispered in the sound of silence
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