Sounds of Silence (v1) (A Minor)
Artist:
Simon & Garfunkel
Genre:
Folk-Rock
Tempo:
4/4
Roman Numerals:
i, III, VI, VII
Instrument:
Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]
Entered by:
ICDb
Am
(A,C,E)
-
A
E
A
C
E
C
(C,E,G)
-
C
E
G
C
E
F
(F,A,C)
F
C
F
A
C
F
G
(G,B,D)
G
B
D
G
B
G
Verse 1
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Hello darkness, my old
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
friend,
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
I've come to talk with you a-
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
gain,
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Because a
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
vision soft-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
ly cree-
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
ping,
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
Left it's seeds while I wa-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
s slee-
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
ping,
And the
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
vision that was planted in my
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
brain
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
Still re-
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
mains
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
Within the
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
sound of
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
silence.
Verse 2
In
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
restless dreams I walked a-
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
lone
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
Narrow streets of cobble
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
stone,
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
'neath the
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
halo of a
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
street
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
lamp,
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
I turned my collar to the co-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
ld and
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
damp
When my
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
light
That
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
split the
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
night
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
And touched the
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
sound of
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
silence.
Verse 3
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
And in the naked light I
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
saw
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
Ten thousand people, maybe
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
more.
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
People
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
talking with-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
out spea-
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
king,
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
People hearing with-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
out liste-
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
ning,
People
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
writing songs that voices never
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
share
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
And no one
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
dare
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
Disturb the
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
sound of
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
silence.
Verse 4
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Fools, said I, you do not
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
know
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
Silence like a cancer
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
grows.
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Hear my
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
words that I mi-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
ght teach
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
you,
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
Take my arms that I mi-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
ght reach
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
you.
But my
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
words like silent raindrops
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
fell,
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
...
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
...
And
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
echoed in the
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
wells of
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
silence
Verse 5
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
And the people bowed and
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
prayed
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
To the neon God they
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
made.
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
And the sign
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
flashed out i-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
t's warn-
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
ing,
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
In the words that it wa-
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
s for-
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
ming.
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
And the sign said, the
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
words of the prophets
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
Are written on the subway
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
walls
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
And tenement
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
halls.
And
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third
]
whisper'd in the
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
sounds of
[
Am
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
silence.
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