The

Sound Of Silence

  = 90
Arranged by Ashton Rogers


Soprano       
       
    

    

Hel lo dark ness my old friend. I've come to talk with you a gain

Alto

    
Tenor 

    
Bass
 

          
S.              

5


Be cause a vis ion soft ly creep ing Left its seeds while I was sleep ing

A.                       

   

Be cause a vis ion soft ly creep ing Left its seeds while I was sleep ing

T.

    
B.


1964 Paul Simon

                
S.      
    
9

    
         
    
And a vis ion that was plan ted in my brain still re mains With in the

    
A.
 

   
  
And a vis ion that was plan ted in my brain still re mains With in the

T.

      
B.


  
S.  
      
15

  
      
sound Aah

A.
 

      
sound of si lence

T.
     

     
 
In rest less dreams I walked a lone

B.

2 1964 Paul Simon

     
S.     
20

  
 
Aah

A. 

      
     
Aah I

T.
 

               
'Neath the ha lo of a street lamp

    
B.

Nar row streets of cob ble stone 'Neath the ha lo of a street lamp

     
S.     
 
24



 

cold and damp When my

           

A.


         
turn my col lar to the cold and damp When my

     
 
T.



       
I turn my col lar to the cold and damp When my


B.
   

cold and damp When my

1964 Paul Simon 3

  
S.                    

27

 
     
eyes were stabbed by the flash of a ne on light that split the night

A.
           

   
        
eyes were stabbed by the flash of a ne on light that split the night

   
T.
    

                  
eyes were stabbed by the flash of a ne on light that split the night

B.
   
eyes were stabbed by the flash of a ne on light that split the night

  
S.           
        
31


      
Ah of si lence In the na ked light I saw

A.
           

       
           
the sound of si lence In the na ked light I saw


T.


               
with in the sound of si lence In

B.
    
with in the sound of si lence In the na ked light I saw

4 1964 Paul Simon

        
S.              
     
36

       
ten thou sand peo ple may be more Peo ple talk ing with out speak ing

            

A.

 
          
ten thou sand peo ple may be more Peo ple talk ing with out speak ing

T.         

         
ten thou sand peo ple may be more Peo ple talk ing with out speak ing

          
B.
 
ten thou sand peo ple may be more Peo ple talk ing with out speak ing

           
S.         
 
40

 
          
Peo ple hear ing with out listen ing Peo ple writ ing songs that

       
 
A.

     
   
Peo ple hear ing with out listen ing Peo ple wri ting songs

T.             

          
Peo ple hear ing with out listen ing Peo ple wri ting songs

        
B.
  
 
Peo ple hear ing with out listen ing Peo ple wri ting songs

1964 Paul Simon 5

     
S.          
   
44

   
      
voi ces nev er share And no one dare

     

A.

      
      
that voi ces nev er share No one dare

T.  

  
        
that voi ces nev er share No one dare

B.
  
that voi ces never share No one dare

 
S.                   
48

     
 
di sturb the sound of si lence "Fools," I said "you do not

A.
     

              
di sturb the sound of si lence

T.
   

                  
di sturb the sound of si lence "Fools," I said "you do not

B.
 
di sturb the sound of si lence "Fools," I said "you do not

6 1964 Paul Simon

 
S.           
53

 
know

A.
       
       
 
You do not know like a can cer

T.

       

know si lence like a cer grows.

B.
 
know si lence like a can cer grows.

  
S.             

56

      
Hear my words and I might teach you

A.
    

         
grows might teach you Take my arms that I might

     
   

T.

                  
Hear my words and I might teach you Take my arms that I might

B.
  
Hear my words and I might teach you Take my arms that I might

1964 Paul Simon 7

              
S.       
 
59


         
reach you." But my words like si lent rain drops fell

A.
     

 
             
reach you." But my words like si lent rain drops fell

 
T.

             
reach you." But my words like si lent rain drops fell

 
 
B.

reach you." But my words like si lent rain drops fell

      
          

64

S.

 
      
and ech oed in the wells of si lence

A.         

 
      
and ech oed in the wells of si lence

T.         

              
and ech oed in the wells of si lence

 
 
B.

and ech oed in the wells of si lence

8 1964 Paul Simon

  
S.           
 
68 = 74

 
 
And the peo ple bowed and prayed

A.
      

 
   
to the ne on God they made

T.     

         
 
to the ne on God they made

B.
 
And the peo ple bowed and prayed

        
      
72

S.

            
And the sign flashed out its warn ing

  

A.

           
   
its warn ing And the words that it was

T.


             
And the sign flashed out its warn ing

B.
  
its warn ing And the words that it was

1964 Paul Simon 9

             
S.      

76

            
was form ing And the sign says the word of the pro phets are

   

A.

        
  
form ing And the sign says the words of the pro phets are

T.      

        
was form ing And the sign says the words of the pro phets are

      
B.
  

form ing And the sign says the words of the pro phets are

            
S.             

79

  
              
writ ten on the sub way walls and ten a ment halls and whis pered in the

A.
       

  
             
writ ten on the sub way walls and ten a ment halls and whis pered in the

T.        

      
      
writ ten on the sub way walls and ten a ment halls and whis pered in the

B.
  
         
writ ten on the sub way walls and ten a ment halls and whis pered in the

10 1964 Paul Simon

        
S.   

84

    
sound of si lence

A.     

 
        
sound of si

T.

     
sound of si lence

B.
        
sound of si lence

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