Simon & Garfunkel - The sound of silence
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Tuning: E A D G B E
I was inspired to do this after it was part of our marching band show!
[Verse]
Am Am G G
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Am Am F C C
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C Am G Am
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[Verse 1]
Am Hello darkness, my old friGend
G I've come to talk with you agAmain
Because a vision softlFy creepCing
Left its seeds while I wFas sleepCing
And the vFision that was planted in my brCain
Still remains Am
Within the sGound of sAmilence
[Verse 2]
Am In restless dreams I walked Galone
G Narrow streets of cobblesAmtone
'Neath the halo of Fa street lCamp
I turned my collar to the cFold and dCamp
When my eFyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon lCight
That split the night Am
And touched the sGound of sAmilence
[Verse 3]
Am And in the naked light I sGaw
G Ten thousand people, maybe mAmore
People talking withFout speakCing
People hearing withFout listenCing
People writing sFongs that voices never shCare
And no one dared Am
Disturb the sGound of sAmilence
[Verse 4]
Am "Fools", said I, "You do not knGow
G Silence like a cancer gAmrows
Hear my words that I mFight teach yCou
Take my arms that I miFght reach yoCu"
But my wFords, like silent raindrops fCell Am
And Cechoed
In the wGells of sAmilence
[Verse 5]
Am And the people bowed and prGayed
G To the neon god they mAmade
And the sign flashed out Fits warnCing
In the words that it wFas formCing
And the sign said, "The wFords of the prophets are written on the subway Cwalls
And tenement halls" Am
And whCispered in the sGounds of sAmilence
[Outro]
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(sweep upwards)