Sound Of Silence Uke tab by Simon And Garfunkel (Baritone Chords)

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 C - A A - E E - A A
# Strum pattern I use: d d D D d (insisting on the 3rd down)

Esus2 Esus2

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


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


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


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


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

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

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About this song: Sound Of Silence

Originally titled The Sounds of Silence, "The Sound of Silence" is a song performed by American folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Paul Simon originally wrote the song over the span of a couple months from '63 to '64, eventually recording it along with Art Garfunkel for their 1964 debut album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The album was a commercial flop and the duo split temporarily. The song, however, began to grow in popularity after regular radio airplay in Boston and Florida in early '65. Read more on Last.fm.

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