SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - "Sound Of Silence" Tablature

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This song is played with a capo on the 6th fret, with regular tuning. I wrote the string names as they are unaltered,
but with the capo they should be :
a#
f
c#
g#
d#
a#


The only really hard part about this song, is the intro. All I do is follow the chords and finger pick
the notes so that it sounds like it fits. Other than that, this song is fairly easy.


Chords:

GMaj

e:> ----3-----
b:> ----0-----
g:> ----0-----
d:> ----0-----
a:> ----X-----
e:> ----3-----

AMaj(9)

e:> ----0-----
b:> ----0-----
g:> ----2-----
d:> ----2-----
a:> ----0-----
e:> ----0-----

Amin

e:> ----0-----
b:> ----1-----
g:> ----2-----
d:> ----2-----
a:> ----0-----
e:> ----0-----

CMaj

e:> ----0-----
b:> ----1-----
g:> ----0-----
d:> ----2-----
a:> ----3-----
e:> ----0-----

FMaj

e:> ----1-----
b:> ----1-----
g:> ----2-----
d:> ----3-----
a:> ----0-----
e:> ----X-----

FMaj7

e:> ----1-----
b:> ----0-----
g:> ----2-----
d:> ----3-----
a:> ----0-----
e:> ----X-----




The only part at the begining that is definite is this:

"Hello darkness my old friend.......
e:> -----------0------------0-----------0------------0-------------0-----------0-----------0----------0------------------------------
b:> ------------------0-------------------------0--------------------------0-----------------------0------------------------------------
g:> ----2-------------------------2-------------------------2-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------
d:> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a:> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e:> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


When he says "friend" you switch to GMaj.From there, it all looks like this:

(Don't forget to fingerpick)

Hello darkness my old friend / I've come to talk with you again
AMaj(9) GMaj AMaj(9) Amin

Beneath a vision softly creeping / that left it's seeds while I was sleeping
FMaj7 CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

And the vision that was planted in my brain / still remains
FMaj CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

Within the sound of silence
GMaj AMaj(9)




Begin strumming:

In restless dreams I walk alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone
(rest) GMaj AMaj(9) Amin

Beneath the halo of a street lamp / I turn my collar to the cold and damp
FMaj7 CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light / split the night
FMaj CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

And touched the sound of silence
GMaj AMaj(9)





And in the naked light I saw / ten thousand people maybe more
AMaj(9) GMaj AMaj(9) Amin

People talking without speaking / people hearing without list'ning
FMaj7 CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

People writing songs that voices never shared / No one dared
FMaj CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

Disturb the sound of silence
GMaj AMaj(9)






"Fools" said I "You do not know / Silence like a cancer grows"
AMaj(9) GMaj AMaj(9) Amin

"Take my arms that I might reach you / Hear my words that I might teach you"
FMaj7 CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

But my words like silent raindrops fell / and echoed <---------(not a typo)
FMaj CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

In the well of silence
GMaj AMaj(9)






And the people bowed and prayed / to the neon god they made
AMaj(9) GMaj AMaj(9) Amin

And the sign flashed out it's warning / in the words that it was forming
FMaj7 CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls / and tennament halls"
FMaj CMaj FMaj7 CMaj

within the sound of silence
GMaj AMaj(9)





Outro:

(Back strum)
e:> -----------0------------0-----------0------------0-------------0-----------0-----------0----------0----------0------------------
b:> ------------------0-------------------------0--------------------------0-----------------------0-----------------0-----------------
g:> ----2-------------------------2-------------------------2-------------------------2-------------------------------2----------------
d:> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2---------------
a:> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--------------
e:> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------------





That's about it. I know the chords are right, and the beginning is mostly right, so let me know if you find anything wrong!

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