Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest (drums count in 1& &3 4) Don't you cry no more Riff 1: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures) | 1 & 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 3 & triplet | 1 & 2 3 & | (x2) A G A C A G A D E G E D C D G D F# Keys [organ]/electric 1 single notes Break down 1: (half time, octaves) (6 measures) | 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x3) E E E E A B D G D E Riff 1 with SOLO: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures) Keys organ single notes Electric 1 solo Break down 2: (half time, octaves 1 guitar very high) (4 measures) | 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x2) E E E E A B D G D E Tag: (half time) (3 measures) All notes are different (you will have to pick them out) Slow triplet x2 F (sustain for 2 measures) Verse 1: (soft, only keys [piano] arpeggiated) Am G F G Once I rose above the noise and confusion Am G F G Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion Dm C Bb Bb C I was soaring ever higher Dm C G (bass/drums in) But I flew too high Am G F G Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Am G F G Though my mind could think I still was a mad man Dm C Bb I hear the voices when I'm dreaming Dm C G I can hear them say Chorus 1: Am C G F Am C G Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) Riff 1 Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more Verse 2: (soft, keys [piano] /bass/drums only) Am G F G Masquerading as a man with a reason Am G F G My charade is the event of the season Dm C Bb Bb C And if I claim to be a wise man Dm C G It surely means that I don't know Am G F G On a stormy sea of moving emotion Am G F G Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean Dm C Bb Bb C I set a course for winds of fortune Dm C G But I hear the voices say Chorus 2: Am C G F Am C G Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) 1 2 3 4*Drum hit Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more Solo 1: (medium-soft, bass/drums/electrics only) (8 measures) | 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & | 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & | x2 A A G A D C A A G A D Solo 2: (1st time, keys [organ] solo, 2nd time, electric solo) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | x2 E E D C# B A G E G E E D C# B D F# G Ab A Riff 1 Bridge: (medium) Am Am (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & G F E F G A C You will always remember Am Am (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & G F E F G A C Nothing equals the splendor Dm C Bb Bb C Now your life's no longer empty Dm C G Surely Heaven waits for you Ending Chorus: (medium) Am C G F Am C G Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) Breakdown 2 vamp Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more