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Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence

The document provides guitar tablature and lyrics for the Simon & Garfunkel song "The Sounds of Silence". It includes the chord progressions and finger placements for the verses and outro. The solo guitar version is transcribed from their Wednesday Morning 3AM album. The transcription captures the acoustic elements of the song and the tension building in the lyrics that is released on the word "again".

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Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence

The document provides guitar tablature and lyrics for the Simon & Garfunkel song "The Sounds of Silence". It includes the chord progressions and finger placements for the verses and outro. The solo guitar version is transcribed from their Wednesday Morning 3AM album. The transcription captures the acoustic elements of the song and the tension building in the lyrics that is released on the word "again".

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Subject: TAB: The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)

The end of the song contains the same solo as the end of the first verse.
--------
Sounds of Silence
by Simon & Garfunkel
e-|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----3-----3--|-
B-|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------3-----|-
G-|--7-----------|--7-----------|--7-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
Hello darkness my ...
e-|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-
B-|--4-----3-----|--------3-----|--4-----3-----|--------5-----|--7-----5-----|-
G-|--------------|--5-----------|--------------|--7-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
I've come to talk with ...
e-|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----6-----6--|-----5-----5--|--6--5-----5--|-
B-|--------5-----|--7-----5-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|-
G-|--7-----------|--------------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
Because a vision soft- ly ...
e-|-----5-----5--|-----6-----6--|-----5-----5--|--6--5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-
B-|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|-
G-|--5-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--------------|--5-----------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
seeds while I was sleep- ...
e-|-----6-----6--|-----6-----6--|----10----10--|-----6-----6--|-----5-----5--|-
B-|--------6-----|--------------|-------11-----|--------6-----|--------6-----|-
G-|--7-----------|--8-----7-----|-10-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
vision --- that was ...
e-|--6--5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-
B-|--------6-----|--------5-----|--6-----5-----|--------3-----|--4-----3-----|-
G-|--------------|--7-----------|--------------|--5-----------|--------------|-
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
still re- mains -- ...
e-|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|--5-------------------------------------------
B-|--------5-----|--6-----5-----|--6-------------------------------------------
G-|--7-----------|--------------|--7-------------------------------------------
D-|--------------|--------------|--0-------------------------------------------
A-|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------
E-|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------
silence -----

Remaining verses strummed:


Chord voicings:
"C" "F" "Bb" "Csus"
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
------ ------ ------ ------
X32010 xx3231 xx3331 x33211
C
In restless dreams I ...
F
narrow streets ...
Bb Csus
'neath the halo ...
Bb Csus
I turned my collar ...
Bb Csus
when my eyes were ...
F C F
split the night... and touched ...

Sounds of Silence ( Paul Simon )


Acoustic version from the Wednesday Morning 3AM album.

Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet


( [email protected], http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )

Note : This acoustic version can be found on the Wednesday Morning 3AM album.
The part which is transcribed here can also be heard on the
electrically-dubbed version featured on the Sounds of Silence album,
along with the 12-string guitar part.
The first chords ( Amsus2 and G5 ) contain no third note,
then the tone of the song is clear from the 5th bar only,
when the tension is released, on the word "again".

Capo 6th fret


Amsus2
e-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
G-|--2-----------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Hello ...
G5
e-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3--------|
B-|--------------------------|-----------------------0--|
G-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
friend, I've come to ...
Am C
e-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D-|--------------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
A-|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
gain, Because ...
F C
e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
B-|-----------0-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
ly creeping left its ...
F C
e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------1--------|
B-|-----------0-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------2-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--1-----------------------|--------------1-----------|
was sleeping and ...
F C
e-|-----1-----------1--------|-----1-----------0--------|
B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|
that was planted in ...
F C C/B Am C
e-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----0--------------|
B-|--------------------1-----|--------1-----------1--0--|
G-|--------------------------|-----2-----------0--------|
D-|--------3--2--------------|--------------------------|
A-|--3-----------3--------2--|--0-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
still remains ...
G/B G Amsus2
e-|-----3-----------3--------|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
B-|-----------0-----------0--|--------0-----------0-----|
G-|--------0-----------0-----|--2-----------2-----------|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--2-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------3-----------|--------------------------|
Sounds of ...e

Rest of it strummed :
G
In restless ...
Am C
Narrow streets ...
F C
'Neath the halo ...
F C
I turned my collar...
F C
When my eyes were ...
F F/E C C/B Am C
That split the ...
G Am
And touched the ...

Outro :
Amsus2 ( backward strum )
e-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|--0------------------------
B-|--------0-----------0-----|---0-----------------------
G-|--2-----------2-----------|----2----------------------
D-|--------------------------|-----2---------------------
A-|--------------------------|------0--------------------
E-|--------------------------|-------0-------------------

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