The Sound of SilenceSimon & Garfunkel

Разговор с темнотой о мире, где люди говорят, но не общаются. Неоновые боги, тысячи людей, которые слышат, но не слушают. Тишина как болезнь современности.

Капо 3 лад → A, D, G
Intro: Dm
 Dm                    C
Hello darkness my old friend,
                            Dm
I've come to talk with you again
         F          Bb     F
Because a vision softly creeping,
                         Bb F
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping
        Bb
And the vision that was planted
       F               Dm
In my brain, still remains
 F             C         Dm
Within the Sound of Silence
                              C
In restless dreams I walked alone,
                         Dm
Narrow streets of cobblestone
           F       Bb      F
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp,
                          Bb  F
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
         Bb
When my eyes where stabbed
                       F
By the flash of a neon light
               Dm
That split the night,
  F                C         Dm
And touched the sound of silence
                        C
And in the naked light I saw,
                           Dm
Ten thousand people, maybe more
      F           Bb      F
People talking without speaking,
                   Bb      F
People hearing without listening
               Bb                     F
People writing songs that voices never shared,
            Dm
Snd no one dared
            C        Dm
Disturb the sound of silence
                            C
"Fools" said I, "You do not know.
                      Dm
Silence like a cancer grows.
        F            Bb          F
Hear my words that I might teach you.
                     Bb  F
Take my arms that I might reach you."
       Bb                          F Dm
But my words like silent raindrops fell
    F             C        Dm
And echoed in the wells of silence.
                         C
And the people bowed and prayed
                    Dm
To the neon god they made
       F                 Bb      F
And the sign flashed out it's warning in the words
       Bb      F
That it was forming
                       Bb
And the sign said "The words of the prophets
          F
Sre written on the subway walls
            Dm         F
And tenement halls, and whispered
        C         Dm
In the sounds of silence."

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  • Пол Саймон написал «The Sound of Silence» в 21 год, сидя в ванной с выключенным светом — кафель создавал эхо, а шум воды помогал сосредоточиться. Первый альбом с этой песней продался тиражом всего 3000 копий, и Саймон уехал в Лондон. Без ведома дуэта продюсер Том Уилсон наложил электрические инструменты на акустическую запись — и песня взлетела на первое место чартов. В 2013 году Библиотека Конгресса США включила её в архив для вечного хранения.