And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, And the tenement halls. And the sign flashed its warning, In the words that it was forming. And the people bowed and prayed, To the neon god they'd made. Take my arms that I might reach out to you." But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed, in the wells of silence. "Fools" said I, "you do not know, Silence like a cancer grows. And no-one dared, Disturb the sound of silence. And in the naked light I saw, Ten thousand people, maybe more, People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening, People writing songs, that voices never shared. In restless dreams I walked alone, Narrow streets of cobblestone, 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and the damp, When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, That split the night, And touched the sound of silence. But the song reaches beyond the perspective of a single narrator, a flash of light revealing a mass of people, humanity all seeking refuge in their own darkness and their own silence.Īnd in the naked light I saw / Ten thousand people, maybe more / People talking without speaking / People hearing without listening / People writing songs that voices never share / No one dared / Disturb the sound of silence, the chilling verse plays, illustrating a near, all-too-real future in which interactions become all the more surface-level and indifference continues to grow.Am6 Asus2 e:|-0-3-2-|-0-| B:|-0-3-|-0-| G:|-|-2-| D:|-4-|-2-| A:|-0-3-|-0-| E:|-|-| Lyrics: Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again, Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the vision that was planted in my brain, Still remains, within the sound of silence. In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone. The narrator has no one to talk to and the only thing that understands him is the darkness and his own loneliness. “It wasn’t something that I was experiencing at some deep, profound level – nobody’s listening to me, nobody’s listening to anyone – it was a post-adolescent angst,” Simon continued, “but it had some level of truth to it and it resonated with millions of people.” What lives at the heart of the tune’s existential poetry is that collectively relatable feeling. While the songwriter chalks up the song’s popularity to its simple sing-ability, the song resonates with a number of people who have ever felt alienated and disassociated from their present society. It’s not a sophisticated thought, but a thought that I gathered from some college reading material or something.” “It’s a young lyric, but not bad for a 21-year-old. “Really the key to ‘The Sound of Silence’ is the simplicity of the melody and the words, which are youthful alienation,” Simon once explained the tune’s meaning to NPR (quote via Ultimate Classic Rock). Because a vision softly creeping / Left its seeds while I was sleeping / And the vision that was planted in my brain / Still remains / Within the sound of silence
SOUND OF SILENCE GUITAR PDF
Hello, darkness, my old friend / I’ve come to talk with you again, the song immediately grabs the attention, its words casting vague, but stirring imagery across the delicate acoustics. Download Simon & Garfunkel The Sound Of Silence sheet music notes and printable PDF score arranged for Piano, Vocal & Guitar. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, 'The Sound of Silence', which originally was released as 'The Sounds of Silence'. 1 and leading to the regrouping of Simon & Garfunkel, a partnership that would go on to produce one of folk’s most enduring songbooks. Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The new and improved tune was an immediate success, becoming an international No. The song’s producer Tom Wilson decided to rearrange it, adding drums and electric guitars to round out the original acoustics, and in 1965, re-released “The Sound of Silence” as the song we know today. Unbeknownst to the two, “The Sound of Silence” had perked a few ears and was seeing a fair amount of airplay in certain regions. “The Sound of Silence” was released on the duo’s debut album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., but the acoustic album was initially a failure and led to Simon & Garfunkel disbanding for a spell, the former in pursuit of a solo career abroad and the latter in search of higher education. Hello, darkness, my old friend / I’ve come to talk with you again, the song begins against a pensive pluck of strings, mirroring Simon’s state at the song’s inception. I’d turn on the faucet so that water would run – I like that sound, it’s very soothing to me – and I’d play. I used to go off in the bathroom, because the bathroom had tiles, so it was a slight echo chamber. “The main thing about playing the guitar was that I was able to sit by myself and play and dream,” Simon shared in an interview with Playboy (quote via Ultimate Classic Rock). “And I was always happy doing that.
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