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The Sound Of Silence

Words and Music by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel - 1964

Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.  Top-ten hit in multiple countries worldwide.

Intro:
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Voice:
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8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Intro:

(No lyrics)

 

Voice:

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,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, That split the night,
And touched 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 share, And no one dared,
Disturb the sound of silence.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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