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Simon And Garfunkel- The sound of silence

[Verse 1]
Am G
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Am
I've come to talk with you again,
F C
Because a vision softly creeping,
F C
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
F C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
C/B Am
Still remains
C G Am
Within the sound of silence.

[Verse 2]
G
In restless dreams I walked alone
Am
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
F C
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
F C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
F C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
C/B Am
That split the night
C G Am
And touched the sound of silence.

[Verse 3]
G
And in the naked light I saw
Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
F C
People talking without speaking,
F C
People hearing without listening,
F C
People writing songs that voices never share
C/B Am
And no one dare
C G Am
Disturb the sound of silence.

[Verse 4]
G
Fools said I, you do not know
Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
F C
Hear my words that I might teach you,
F C
Take my arms that I might reach you.
F C C/B Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
C
And echoed
G Am
In the wells of silence

[Verse 5]
G
And the people bowed and prayed
Am
To the neon God they made.
F C
And the sign flashed out its warning,
F C
In the words that it was forming.
F
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
C
Are written on the subway walls
C C/B Am
And tenement halls.
C G Am
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

Neil Young- Rockin in the free world

[Intro] (x4)
Em D C

[Verse 1]
Em DC
Colours on the street
Em DC
Red white and blue
Em DC
People shufflin' their feet
Em DC
People sleepin' in their shoes
Em D C
But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead
Em D C
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Em D C
Don't feel like Satan but I'm to them
Em D C
so I try to forget it anyway I can

[Chorus]
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD

[Instrumental]
A
(play for 4 bars, interleave A with A7)
Em D C (x4)
(just like in the intro)

[Verse 2]
Em D C
I see a girl in the night
Em D C
With a baby in her hand
Em D C
Under an old street light
Em D C
Near a garbage can
Em D C
Now she puts the kid away and she's gone to get a hit
Em D C
She hates her life and what she's done to it
Em D C
That's one more kid that will never go to school
Em D C
Never get to fall in love never get to be cool

[Chorus]
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD

[Instrumental]
A
(play for 4 bars, interleave A with A7)

[Solo] (x8)
Em D C

[Verse 3]
Em DC
We got a thousand points of light
Em DC
For the homeless man
Em DC
We got a kinder gentler machine gun hand
Em DC
Em D C
We got department stores and toilet paper
Em D C
Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Em D C
Got a man of the people says keep hope alive
Em D C
Got fuel to burn got roads to drive

[Chorus]
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
G D C C Em
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD

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