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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