The original recording of the song is in D♯ minor, using the chords D♯m, C♯, B and F♯. Simon plays a guitar with a capo on the sixth fret, using the shapes for Am, G, F and C chords.

Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds Of Silence “Sounds Of Silence” includes the title track as well as other songs that have stood the test of time. The set was reissued in 2001 with the bonus track “The Blues Run The Game” plus three unreleased 1970 demos — “Barbriallen,” “Rose Of Aberdeen,” and “Roving Gambler.”

Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence".