The Sound of Silence ( Paul Simon )

                  From the Paul Simon Songbook 

       ( See also the Wednesday Morning 3AM version )




Plain text version


Notes : This early version is featured on the Paul Simon Songbook. 
        It was recorded in England in May 1965, after the Wednesday Morning 3AM
        version.

        It starts slower, and then speeds up in the 2nd verse.

        Capo 2 - or tune down half a tone, capo 3.



           Amsus2
        e-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
        B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
        G-|--2-----------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
        D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                                              Hello Darkness my old 

             G
        e-|-----3-----------3--------|-----3----------3---------|
        B-|-----------0-----------0--|-----------0-----------0--|
        G-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
        D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|

             friend,                      I've come to talk with you a-

            Am                         C/E          C
        e-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
        B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
        G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|
        D-|--------------------------|--2-----------------------|
        A-|--0-----------0-----------|--------------3-----------|
        E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

            gain,                          Because a vision soft-

             F           C                 
        e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
        B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
        G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
        D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
        E-|--1-----------------------|--------------------------|

            ly     creeping                 left its seeds while I 

             F           C          
        e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------1--------|
        B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
        G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------2-----|
        D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
        E-|--1-----------------------|--------------1-----------|

            was     sleeping                and the vision

             F                                     C/E                  
        e-|-----1-----------1--------|-----1-----------0--------|
        B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
        G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
        D-|--------------------------|--------------2-----------|
        A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|

                that was planted        in  my      brain, 

             C     F C/E C       C/B    Am      C/B C                        
        e-|-----0-----------0--------|--------------------------|
        B-|--------------------------|-----1-----------1--------|
        G-|--------2--0--------------|--------2--------------0--|
        D-|--------3--2--------------|--------------------2-----|
        A-|--3-----------3-----3--2--|--0--------2--3-----------|
        E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                  still remains                       within the

             G                         Am
        e-|-----3-----------3--------|-----0-----------0--------|
        B-|-----------0-----------0--|-----------1-----------1--|
        G-|--------0-----------0-----|--------2-----------2-----|
        D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
        A-|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
        E-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|
          
         Sounds               of    Silence

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