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  • Sound of Silence, The

    Sharon Baird posted on July 20, 2017 13:59

    Download the Lyrics and Chords

    To play along with the video you'll have to drop your GCEA tuning down to F#BD#G#. For this songsheet, we've put in the chord for every measure (or bar) as the timing can be tricky. Have fun with the picking - it's super easy! For strums you could try   / D du / D du /   or    / D du / dudu / D du / dudu /.

    "The Sound of Silence", originally "The Sounds of Silence", is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over a period of several months in 1963 and 1964. A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal with Columbia Records, and the song was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City for inclusion on their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M..

    Released in October 1964, the album was a commercial failure and led to the duo breaking apart, with Paul Simon returning to England and Art Garfunkel to his studies at Columbia University. In spring 1965, the song began to attract airplay at radio stations in Boston, Massachusetts, and throughout Florida. The growing airplay led Tom Wilson, the song's producer, to remix the track, overdubbing electric instrumentation. Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song's remix until after its release. The single was released in September 1965, and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending January 1, 1966.

    In 1999, BMI named "The Sound of Silence" as the 18th most-performed song of the 20th century. In 2004, it was ranked No. 157 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the duo's three songs on the list. The song is now considered "the quintessential folk rock release". On March 21, 2013, the song was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for long-term preservation along with the rest of the Sounds of Silence album.

    A video for this song:

    Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2012 - FLOWER POWER! (0 Comments)

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