The Sound Of Silence

Artist: Disturbed (English)
User: GReeeZLY
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
Chord names: Not defined
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[Intro]

e|-----4---5-----4-------5-------| x2 e|---9-7-9----9---9---|
B|-----------7-------------------| B|-7-------10---9---7-| Optional piano part, played instead of F#m
G|---6---------6-------6---------| G|--------------------| between the verses
D|-4-----4-----------4-----------| D|--------------------|
A|-------------------------------| A|--------------------|
E|-------------------------------| E|--------------------|

Correct D5 chord - the way I play it
e|-----2---4-2---2---------------| e|-5-|
B|-------------------------------| B|-3-|
G|---4---------4-----------------| G|-2-|
D|-2-----2-----------------------| D|-0-|
A|-------------------------------| A|-0-|
E|-------------------------------| E|-x-|

[Pre-Verse] - only played once

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 D  A x2 D  A 
 
[Verse 1]
 F#m                    E 
Hello darkness, my old friend
                           F#m 
I've come to talk with you again
                      D     A 
Because a vision softly creeping
                       D       A 
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
        D                             A 
And the vision that was planted in my brain
        F#m              E        F#m 
Still remains within the sound of silence
 
[Verse 2]
 F#m                        E 
In restless dreams I walked alone
                        F#m 
Narrow streets of cobblestone
                   D        A 
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
                          D        A 
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
        D                                        A 
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
               F#m  A 
That split the night
                E        F#m 
And touched the sound of silence
 
[Verse 3]
 F#m                      E 
And in the naked light I saw
                          F#m 
Ten thousand people, maybe more
                  D       A 
People talking without speaking
                  D       A 
People hearing without listening
               D                       A 
People writing songs that voices never share
           F#m 
And no one dare
            E        F#m 
Disturb the sound of silence
 
[Verse 4]
 F#m                     E 
Fools said I, you do not know
                      F#m 
Silence like a cancer grows
                      D          A 
Hear my words that I might teach you
                     D          A 
Take my arms that I might reach you
       D                           A        F#m  A 
But my words like silent raindrops fell
                  E        F#m 
And echoed in the wells of silence
 
[Verse 5]
 F#m                      E 
And the people bowed and prayed
                   F#m 
To the neon God they made
                         D       A 
And the sign flashed out it's warning
                      D       A 
And the words that it was forming
N.C.
And the sign said
    D                                               A 
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
              F#m 
And tenement halls
                     E        F#m 
And whispered in the sound of silence

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