The Sound of Silence (Disturbed Version)

by Paul Simon As Sung by David Draiman · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Range  C#4 to A5
Transcribed from 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
using an A Major Richter tuned diatonic

Tab notations
none = blow    - = draw    &rdquo; = full-step bend
6_-6 = slur; slide smoothly from note to note


-3&rdquo; -3&rdquo; 4   4     5  5   -4
Hel-lo dark-ness, my old friend

-3   -3   -3 -3   -3   -4  4 4
I've come to talk with you a-gain
 
4  4     4 5   5   6    6_-6_  -6   6
Be-cause a vis-ion soft-ly___ creep-ing

4    4   5     5     6 6_-6 -6    6
Left its seeds while I was_ sleep-ing

4   4   -6  -6  -6   -7  7     7  -7 -6 6
And the vis-ion that was plant-ed in my brain

-6    6  5
Still re-mains

4    4  4   6     -3 4   -3&rdquo;
With-in the sound of sil-ence

-3&rdquo; -3&rdquo; -3&rdquo;   4     4 5      5 -4
In rest-less dreams I walked a-lone

-3  -3  -3      -3 -4  -4  4
Nar-row streets of cob-ble-stone

4      4   5  5  6  6_-6 -6     6
'Neath the ha-lo of a___ street lamp

-4 -4     4  -3  -3&rdquo; 3  2   -6_6   -5  6
 I turned my col-lar to the cold__ and damp

4    4  -6   -6   -6
When my eyes were stabbed

-6 -7  7     7  7 -6 -5 5
by the flash of a ne-on light

4    -6    6   5
That split the night

4   4       4   6    -3  4   -3&rdquo;
And touched the sound of sil-ence

3   3  3   4   4  5     4 -4
And in the nak-ed light I saw

-3  -3    -3  -3  -3   -4  -3 4
Ten thous-and peo-ple, may-be more

4   4   5    5   6    6_-6 -6    6
Peo-ple talk-ing with-out_ speak-ing

4   4   5    5   6    6_-6 -6     6
Peo-ple hear-ing with-out_ list&rsquo;n-ing

4   4   5    6   -6    -7
Peo-ple writ-ing songs that

7    7  -7  -6 6
Voic-es nev-er share

4   -6 6   5
And no one dared

4   4    4   6     -3 4   -3&rdquo;
Dis-turb the sound of sil-ence

3        3    4   4   5  4   -4
"Fools", said I, "You do not know

-3  -3   -3  -3 -4  -3  4
Sil-ence like a can-cer grows

4    4  5     5    6 6_-6  -6    6
Hear my words that I might teach you

7    -7 -6   6    5 4_-6  -6    6
Take my arms that I might reach you"

4   4  -6     -7   7   7   -7   -6    6
But my words, like sil-ent rain-drops fell

4   4   4   4  4   6     -3 4   -3&rdquo;
And ech-oed in the wells of sil-ence

3   3   4   4   5     4   -4
And the peo-ple bowed and prayed

5  5   5  5  5   -5   -5
To the ne-on god they made

4   4   5    5       6   6_-6 -6   6
And the sign flashed out its_ warn-ing

7  -7  -6    6    5  4_-6 -6   6
In the words that it was_ form-ing

4   4   5    6      6   -6    -6 -6  -6    -6
And the sign said, "The words of the proph-ets

-7  7    7   7  7   -7  -6  6
are writ-ten on the sub-way walls

4   -6 -6 6    5
And ten-e-ment halls"

4   4    4     4  4   6_________________ -3 4   -3&rdquo;
And whis-pered in the sounds____________ of sil-ence.

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