#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # CARRY ON WAYWARD SON by KANSAS Lyrics, Chords, and that awesome riff! (N.C.) Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more {riff} [clean distortion (if there is such a thing) effect] e-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| B-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| G-|--------------|--------------|--4--7--4-----|--------------| D-|-----------5--|-----------7--|----------7-5-|--7-----7-----| A-|--7--5--7-----|--7--5--7-----|--------------|-----5-----4--| E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| {repeat once each time played} Em D C D Once I rose above the noise and confusion Em D C D Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion Am G F F G I was soaring ever higher Am G D But I flew too high Em D C D Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Em D C D Though my mind could think I still was a mad man Am G F F G I hear the voices when I'm dreaming Am G D I can hear them say Em G D C Carry on my wayward son Em G D There'll be peace when you are done Em G D C Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Don't you cry no more {riff} Em D C D Masquerading as a man with a reason Em D C D My charade is the event of the season Am G F F G And if I claim to be a wise man Am G D It surely means that I don't know Em D C D On a stormy sea of moving emotion Em D C D Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean Am G F F G I set sail for winds of fortune Am G D But I hear the voices say Em G D C Carry on my wayward son Em G D There'll be peace when you are done Em G D C Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Don't you cry no more {riff} Em (mute) Carry on D C You will always remember Em (mute) Carry on D C Nothing equals the splendor Am G F Now your life's no longer empty Am G D Surely Heaven waits for you Em G D C Carry on my wayward son Em G D There'll be peace when you are done Em G D C Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Bm7 Don't you cry {vocal echo: Don't you cry} no more [Submitted by JP Leong at hleong@worldnet.att.net] Note: This is based on Carry on Wayward Son music done in a possibly different key (taken from an SATB The last time I heard the real song was a few months ago...