The

Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkle.

  4
Arr. for acapella by Piotr Mrugacz

   
 4
 = 100


  4  
Soprano

 
 4       
Alto

  4 
 4        
He llo dark ness my old friend

   
Tenor

   44   
   
   

Bass

 
He llo dark ness my old friend

     
5

 
S.

                       

A.

      
          
I've come to talk with you a gain. Be cause a vi sion soft ly cree ping

  

T.

       
B.                 


 
I've come to talk with you a gain. Be cause a vi sion soft ly cree ping

     
9

 
S.

   
A.                        

 
     
left its seeds while I was slee ping and the vi sion that was plan ted

  

T.

               
B.            
left its seeds while I was slee ping and the vi sion that was plan ted
       
 
13

  
S.

           
          

A.

     
      
in my brain still re mains with in the sound of si lence.

 
      
T.

        
B.          
in my brain still re mains with in the sound of si lence.

       
             
18

S.

    
 
In rest less dreams I walked a lone down na rrow streets of co bble

A.
              
 
         
In rest less dreams I walked a lone down na rrow streets of co bble

T.
    
  
 


   
B.

     
         
        
21

S.

            
          
stone neath' the ha lo of a street lamp I turned my co llar to the

A.

   
         
    
stone neath' the ha lo of a street lamp I turned my co llar to the

T.
    
   
  
     
B.

2
                  
     
 
25

S.

  
                   
co ld and damp when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a ne on light

 
A.

 
         
  
cold and damp when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a ne on light

     
T.

   
B.          

        
            
29

S.

    
                
that split the night and touched the sound of si lence.

A.

   
           
that split the night and touched the sound of si lence.

T.

    
       

B.

          
         
33

S.

   
 
And in the na ked light I saw ten thou sand peo ple may be

A.
              
 
        
And in the na ked light I saw ten thou sand peo ple may be

T.
     
  
  
   
B.

3
       
        

36

S.

  
            
more peo ple talk ing with out speak ing

A.

      
              
more peo ple talk ing with out speak ing


T.

  
     
  
B.

        
      
       
39

S.

   
                   
peo ple hear ing with out list ning peo ple write ing songs that

A.

  
                
peo ple hear ing with out list ning peo ple write ing songs that


T.

    
 
list ning peo ple write ing songs that

B.
      

                  
    

43

S.

     
                
voi ces ne ver shared and no one dared dis turb the sound

 
A.

     
            
voi ces ne ver shared and no one dared dis turb the sound


T.

     

voi ces ne ver shared no one dared

B.
           
4
      
     42  44     
   
     
47 
S.

   
      42  44  
of si lence "Fools" said I, "You do not know. Si lence like a can cer

            

A.

      
  42  44              
of si lence "Fools" said I, "You do not know. Si lence like a can cer

  

T.

     42 44  
 
"Fools" said I, "You do not know. Si lence like a can cer


                 
B.

 
"Fools" said I, "You do not know. Si lence like a can cer

      
      
52

S.

 
            
grows. Hear my words that I mi ight teach you!

A.

     
         
grows. Hear my words that I might teach you!

T.

   
 
grows. Hear my words that I might teach you!

B.
         

 
grows. Hear my words that I mi ight you!
teach

               42    

44
55

S.

    24   44
               
Take my arms that I mi ight reach you!" But my

A.

       24     44
         
Take my arms that I might reach you!" But my

T.

       42    44
 
Take my arms that I might reach you!" But my

B.
       
Take my arms that I mi ight reach you!"

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   4          
 4  
 
58

S.

  4  
 4            
words like si lent rain drops fell
 

 
A.

  4         
 4  
words like si lent rain drops fell and

T.
  
   44    

words like si lent rain drops fell

B.

        
        
   
62 
S.

     
          
ech oed in the wells of si lence.

 

A.

                 
   
ech oed in the wells of si lence.

 
 
T.

    
      
and ech oed in the wells of si lence.
 

   
B.

ech oed in the wells of si lence ah

  
  
        
66 

  
S.

  
A.
             
   
               
And the peo ple bowed and prayed to the ne on god they made.

T.

  
  
And the peo ple bowed and prayed to the ne on god they made.

   


      
B.

ah

6
  
                   
  
70

 
S.

 
A.                        

           
             
And the sign flashed out its warn ing, in the words that it was form ing

T.
 

  
     
And the sign flashed out its warn ing, in the words that it was form ing

B.
      

              
        

74

S.

   
                    
and the signs said, "The words of the pro phets are writ ten on the sub way walls


A.

                 
    
and the signs said, "The words of the pro phets are writ ten on the sub way walls

T.  

     
 
and the signs said, "The words of the pro phets are writ ten on the sub way walls

B.
    

        
 
77

   
S.

           
       

A.

        
       
       
and ten a ment halls, and whisp er'd in the sounds of


T.

   
   
 
and ten a ment halls, and whisp er'd in the sounds of

     



B.

7
      
         
 = 74  = 68  = 62


81  = 80  
S.

    
             
mm



A.

   
              
si lence." mm



T.

    
     
    
si lence." mm


 
B.

mm