Sound Of Silence Chords & Tabs
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From: gdh@Eng.Sun.COM (Gary Hethcoat)
Subject: TAB: The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
The end of the song contains the same solo as the end of the first verse.
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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-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
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-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
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-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
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-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
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-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
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-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-
e-|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|--5-------------------------------------------
B-|--------5-----|--6-----5-----|--6-------------------------------------------
G-|--7-----------|--------------|--7-------------------------------------------
D-|--------------|--------------|--0-------------------------------------------
A-|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------
E-|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------
Remaining verses strummed:
Chord voicings:
"C" "F" "Bb" "Csus"
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
------ ------ ------ ------
X32010 xx3231 xx3331 x33211
C
Sounds of Silence ( Paul Simon )
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/simon_and_garfunkel/sound_of_silence_tab.html ]
Acoustic version from the Wednesday Morning 3AM album.
Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se, 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-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G5
e-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3--------|
B-|--------------------------|-----------------------0--|
G-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
Am C
e-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D-|--------------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
A-|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
F C
e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
B-|-----------0-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
D-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
F C
e-|-----1-----------0--------|-----0-----------1--------|
B-|-----------0-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------0-----------2-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--1-----------------------|--------------1-----------|
F C
e-|-----1-----------1--------|-----1-----------0--------|
B-|-----------1-----------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|
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-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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-----------|--------------------------|
Outro :
Amsus2 ( backward strum )
e-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|--0------------------------
B-|--------0-----------0-----|---0-----------------------
G-|--2-----------2-----------|----2----------------------
D-|--------------------------|-----2---------------------
A-|--------------------------|------0--------------------
E-|--------------------------|-------0-------------------
jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo
