The Sound Of Silence Uke tab by Simon And Garfunkel

4 Chords used in the song: Em, D, G, C

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Album: 
Year:  1968
Difficulty: 
3.25
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords and Tablature
Use this picking pattern while changing chords at the beginning.
A|----0---0---0---0-----------------------|
E|------0-------0-------------------------|
C|--0-------0--------repeat---------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

**Finger picking**

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

**Strumming**

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


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


Em chordEm D chordD
"Fools" said I "You don't know
Em chordEm
Silence like a cancer grows
G chordG C chordC G chordG
Hear my words that I might teach you
C chordC G chordG
Take my arms that I might reach you"
C chordC G chordG
But my words like silent raindrops fell
Em chordEm D chordD Em chordEm
And echoed in the wells of silence


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

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