{t:Sound Of Silence}
{st:Paul Simon (1964)}
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2/4 | d u D u |
{eot}
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Intro Fingerpicking Pattern over this Em9 chord


A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
   1  &  2  &     1  &  2  &
{eot}

[/] [Em] [/] [Em] [/]


[/] [Em] .. Hello [/] darkness, my old [/] [D] friend [/] [D] [/]
[/] [D] . I've come to [/] talk with you a- [/] [Em] gain [/] [Em] [/]
[/] [Em] . Because a [/] vision soft- [/] [C] ly creep- [/] [G] ing [/]
[/] [G] .. Left its [/] seeds while I wa- [/] [C] as sleep- [/] [G] ing [/]
[/] [G] .. And the [/] [C] vision [/] .. that was [/] planted [/] in my [/] [G] brain [/]
[/] [G] .. Still re- [/] [G] mains [/] [Em] [/] 
[/] [G] . Within the [/] [D] sound [/] ... of [/] [Em] silence [/] [Em] [/] [Em↓]


In restless dreams I walked a- [D] lone
Narrow streets of cobble- [Em] stone
‘Neath the halo of a [C] street- [G] lamp
I turned my collar to the [C] cold and [G] damp
When my [C] eyes were stabbed by the [C] flash of a neon [G] light
That split the [G] night  [Em]
[G] And touched the [D] sound
of [Em] silence


[Em] And in the naked light I [D] saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [Em] more
People talking with- [C] out speak- [G] ing
People hearing with- [C] out listen- [G] ing
People writing [C] songs that [C] voices
never [G] share
And no one [G] dare  [Em]
[G] Disturb the [D] sound of [Em] silence


[Em] “Fools” said I, “You do not [D] know
Silence like a cancer [Em] grows
Hear my words that I mi- [C] ight teach [G] you
Take my arms that I mi- [C] ight reach [G] you”
But my [C] words... like [C] silent raindrops [G] fell [Em]
And [G] echoed in the [D] wells of [Em] silence


[Em] And the people bowed and [D] prayed
To the neon God they [Em] made
And the sign flashed out [C] its warn- [G] ing
In the words that it wa- [C] as form- [G] ing
And the sign said “The [C] words of the prophets
Are [C] written on the subway [G] walls
And tenement [G] halls  [G]
And [G] whispered in the [D↓] sounds
of [Intro FP] [Em] silence [Em] 

{sot}
A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
   1  &  2  &     1  &  2  &
{eot}


#Video=4zLfCnGVeL4#vend
#Original key is semitone lower (Ebm) so a capo won't help for playing along.
#Thanks to Sharon and VUP (Vernon Ukulele Players) for this great chart.
#Last Updated 1/15/19 JJ
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