The Sound of Silence
by Simon & Garfunkel
🎸 Acoustic & Singer-Songwriter
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
Fret 6
Paul Simon's haunting folk classic. Capo 6 with a gentle arpeggiated pattern over Am and G shapes. The sparse fingerpicking creates the song's atmosphere of quiet darkness.
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