Tabbed by: Jonathan

Tuning: Standard

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| .  palm mute

Intro
e|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|
B|---------5---8-|-6-----6---5-|-----------------10-10-|
G|-5-5-7-5---5---|---0-0---0---|-----5---7---5h7-10-10-|
D|---------------|-------------|-----------------10-10-|
A|---------------|-------------|-0-0---0---0-----------|
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------5---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
G|-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5--5-5-7-5--5-(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Listen to strumming patterns in the song to get the hang of it.

   C       Am      G/E     F       F7M   G   C*            G/E*
e|-0-------0-------x-------1-------0-------3-|-x-------------x---------------|
B|-1-------1-------x-------1-------1-------0-|-x-------------x---------------|
G|-0-------2-------0-------2-------2-------0-|-5-------------0---------------|
D|-2-------2-------0-------3-------3-------0-|-5-------------0---------------|
A|-3-------0-------2-------x-------x-------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------3-|-x-------------x---------------|
                                                 . . . . . .   . . . . . . .
   C** [Part of the intro is played over it]
e|-x-|
B|-x-|
G|-5-|
D|-5-|
A|-3-|
E|-x-|

C
Pray for them

I often loose track
     Am
So I took a drag
      G/E
of my first cigarrette
      C
and I found my head

Roll down the dumps
   C*     G/E*
of twenty seventh street


  C
I drew a sketch

with lipstick and sidewalk
   Am
of Newports edge
G/E
Legoblock cliffs
       F
and an ocean that doesn't
  F7M               G
deserve the sounds of silence

I'd swear on a dead artists grave


Am
I found a spot
          G/E
where the drunk never got to
   C**
it rocks me gently silent, silent
   Am
If I never surface
G/E
it doesn't matter
C**
Hold my breath

It's silent, silent


C
Diligent

Escape by the water
Am
Not sick of it
   G/E
It only gets harder
C
That's no excuse

to block all the cliches and
C*     G/E*
reason for kicks


C
He strokes her hair

both sitting on sand
        Am
and her shoulders bare
  G/E
nothing to demand of them
C
laying back on a lonely stone wall
    Am             G/E
and passersby look passed it all


Am
I found a spot
          G/E
where the drunk never got to
   C**
it rocks me gently silent, silent
   Am
If I never surface
G/E
it doesn't matter
C**
Hold my breath

It's silent, silent


[guitar solo]

[Chords]
Am G/E C  Am G/E C

[Lead] [muting makes it sound more percussive by strumming it, parts are played more but 
the gist of it]
   Play twice  Play twice
e|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
B|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
G|-(b9)7-(b9)(b9)(b9)|-(b9)12-10-(b9)| [x2]
D|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
A|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x-|

Am        [stop]
I found a spot
         G/E        [stop]
that the drunk never got to
   C**
It rocks me gently silent, silent
   Am
If I never surface
G/E
it doesn't matter
C**
Hold my breath

It's silent, silent, now

[end]