Sound Of Silence Uke tab by Simon And Garfunkel

5 Chords used in the song: Esus2, D, Em, C, G

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Album: 
Year:  1968
Difficulty: 
4.7
(Intermediate)
Key: G, EmChords
# For the first part, play the chord with finger-picking playing the strings in this order: C chordC - A chordA - E chordE - A chordA
# Strum pattern I use: d d D chordD d (insisting on the 3rd down)

Esus2 chordEsus2

Esus2 chordEsus2 D chordD
Hello darkness, my old friend
D chordD Em chordEm
I've come to talk with you again
Em chordEm C chordC* G chordG
Because a vision softly, creeping
G chordG C chordC* G chordG
Left its seeds while I was, sleeping
G chordG C chordC* C chordC* G chordG G chordG Em chordEm
And the vision, that was planted in my brain... still remains
G chordG D chordD Esus2 chordEsus2 Em chordEm
Within the sound of silence


D chordD
In restless dreams I walked alone
D chordD Em chordEm
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Em chordEm C chordC* G chordG
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
G chordG C chordC* G chordG
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
G chordG C chordC* C chordC* G chordG
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
G chordG Em chordEm
That split the night
G chordG D chordD Esus2 chordEsus2 Em chordEm
And touched the sound, of silence


D chordD
And in the naked light I saw
D chordD Em chordEm
Ten thousand people maybe more
Em chordEm C chordC* G chordG
People talking without speaking
G chordG C chordC* G chordG
People hearing without listening
G chordG C chordC* C chordC* G chordG
People writing songs, that voices never shared
G chordG Em chordEm
No one dared
G chordG D chordD Esus2 chordEsus2 Em chordEm
Disturb the sound, of silence


D chordD
Fools, said I, You do not know
D chordD Em chordEm
Silence like a cancer grows
Em chordEm C chordC* G chordG
Hear my words that I might teach you
G chordG C chordC* G chordG
Take my arms that I might reach you
G chordG C chordC* C chordC* G chordG
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
G chordG Em chordEm
And echoed,
G chordG D chordD Esus2 chordEsus2 Em chordEm
In the wells, of silence


D chordD
And the people bowed and prayed
D chordD Em chordEm
To the neon god they made
Em chordEm C chordC* G chordG
And the sign flashed out its warning
G chordG C chordC* G chordG
In the words that it was forming
G chordG C chordC* C chordC* G chordG
And the sign said, The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls,
G chordG Em chordEm
And tenement halls
G chordG D chordD Esus2 chordEsus2 Em chordEm
And whispered in the sounds, of silence

# Play last Esus2 chordEsus2 with the fingerpicking style like the first part to make the "slowing effect" which is so typical of this song ;-)

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