Carry On My Wayward Son


Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas >From the album "Leftoverture," 1976. Written by Kerry Livgren Transcribed by Jason Vey (Jason@grey-elf.com) Standard Tuning, 4/4 and 6/8 time NOTES: ||-----|| ||o---o|| Signifies a pair of repeat bars ||o---o|| ||-----|| p = Pull off R = Rest /12\ slide up, down I noticed that this song was particularly hard to come by in any sort of complete form (especially in bass tab). I've been playing it for years, so I threw down some tab for it. It should be correct, but I did it from memory without my bass being in front of me. Enjoy! +----------------------|------------||----------|---------|-----------+ |---VOCAL INTRODUCTION-|----------6:||o---------|---------|-2-5-2-----| |----------R-----------|-R-R-/12\-8:||o-------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-| +----------------------|------------||--5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------+ Intro: +-----------||----------|--------------|---------|--------------|+ |----------o||o---------|-----5-7---5--|-----7-5-|-----5-7---5-o|| |-5---5----o||o-----7-7-|-5-7-----5----|---------|-5-7-----5---o|| +---3---2---||--0-0-----|--------------|-0-0-----|--------------|+ +|----------|---------|-----------|----------||---------|-------------+ ||o---------|---------|-2-5-2-----|---------o||---------|-----5-7---5-| ||o-------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-|-5---5---o||-----7-7-|-5-7-----5---| +|--5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------|---3---2--||-0-0-----|-------------+ Guitar Solo 1: +----------------------|-------------|---------| |-----7-5-----5-7---5--|-------------|---------| |---------5-7-----5----|-------------|---------| +-0-0------------------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-|----0----+ +----------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|---+ |4:---PIANO ONLY-------|-----------|---------|-----------|---| |4:----(8 BARS)--------|-5-55-3-33-|-1--1-03-|-5-55-3-33-|---| +----------------------+-----------|---------|-----------|-3-+ Verse 1: +-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------+ |-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| |--0-023-32-|----------|-0-023-32-|----------|-0-023-32-|----------| +-----------|-3-3-1-13-|----------|-3-3-1-13-|----------|-3-3-1-13-+ Chorus: ____________ ___________ |1. |2. +-----------| +----------| |-----------| |----------| |-----------| |----------| (On 3 to OUTRO) |--R---5-3--| |-----R----| +|---------------|---------|-----------|----------|+ ||o-6:-----------|---------|-2-5-2-----|---------o|| ||o-8:---------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-|-5---5---o|| +|-------5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------|---3---2--|+ +|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------|+ |o-4:----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------5--o|| |o-4:----------------|-----------------|-5-53-31-103-|-5-53-3----o|| +|----5-53-31-13-013-|-5-53-31-13-013--|-------------|---------3--|+ Verse 2: (To CHORUS, 2) +|----2p0---------|---------|---2p0---------|--------||------------+ ||o-------2p0-----|---------|-------2p0-----|-------o||------------| ||o-0---------3p0-|---0-5-3-|-0---------3p0-|---0-5-o||---7-5-4-2--| +|----------------|-3-------|---------------|-3------||-0----------+ Interlude (Guitar Solos 2 and 3): +---------|-----------|------------|+ |-------5-|-----------|------------|| |-----5---|---7-5-4-2-|-5----------|| +-5-3-----|-0---------|---2-3-4-5--|+ +|---------------|---------|-----------|----------|+ ||o-6:-----------|---------|-2-5-2-----|---------o|| ||o-8:---------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-|-5---5---o|| +|-------5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------|---3---2--|+ +----------------|---------------|------------------|------------|+ |4:--------------|---------------|------------------|---------5--|| |4:--------------|---------------|-5-55-3-33-1-1-3--|-5-55-3-3---|| +---55-3-1-1-3-3-|-55-3-1-1-3013-|------------------|----------3-|+ Bridge (Carry on - you will always, etc.): (To CHORUS, 3) +-------------|--------------|---------|--------------+ |o-6:---------|-----5-7---5--|-----7-5-|-----5-7---5-o| |o-8:-----7-7-|-5-7-----5----|---------|-5-7-----5---o| +-----0-0-----|--------------|-0-0-----|--------------+ OUTRO 1: +-------------------|--------------|+ |o------------------|-------------o|| |o-7-77p5---7-77p5--|-7-77p5--0---o|| +---------7-------7-|-------7---0--|+ OUTRO 2: REPEAT OUTRO 1 and OUTRO 2, then: +-------|-------|-----+ |-------|-------|-----| |-------|-------|-----| +-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-|--1--+ FINIS