Chords with lyrics
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 augmentedA G+G A augmentedA C majorC A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE G+G E MajorE D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD F#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 MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA BB D MajorD G+G D MajorD E MajorE 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 MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA BB D MajorD G+G D MajorD E MajorE Tag: (half time) (3 measures) All notes are different (you will have to pick them out) Slow triplet x2 FF (sustain for 2 measures) Verse 1: (soft, only keys [piano] arpeggiated) A minorAm G+G FF G+G Once I rose above the noise and confusion A minorAm G+G FF G+G Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC I was soaring ever higher DmDm C majorC G+G (bass/drums in) But I flew too high A minorAm G+G FF G+G Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man A minorAm G+G FF G+G Though my mind could think I still was a mad man DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb I hear the voices when I'm dreaming DmDm C majorC G+G I can hear them say Chorus 1: A minorAm C majorC G+G FF A minorAm C majorC G+G Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done A minorAm C majorC G+G FF FF (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) A minorAm G+G FF G+G Masquerading as a man with a reason A minorAm G+G FF G+G My charade is the event of the season DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC And if I claim to be a wise man DmDm C majorC G+G It surely means that I don't know A minorAm G+G FF G+G On a stormy sea of moving emotion A minorAm G+G FF G+G Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC I set a course for winds of fortune DmDm C majorC G+G But I hear the voices say Chorus 2: A minorAm C majorC G+G FF A minorAm C majorC G+G Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done A minorAm C majorC G+G FF FF (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 augmentedA A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD 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 MajorE E MajorE D MajorD C#C# BB A augmentedA G+G E MajorE G+G E MajorE E MajorE D MajorD C#C# BB D MajorD F#F# G+G G#G# A augmentedA Riff 1 Bridge: (medium) A minorAm A minorAm (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & G+G FF E MajorE FF G+G A augmentedA C majorC You will always remember A minorAm A minorAm (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & G+G FF E MajorE FF G+G A augmentedA C majorC Nothing equals the splendor DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC Now your life's no longer empty DmDm C majorC G+G Surely Heaven waits for you Ending Chorus: (medium) A minorAm C majorC G+G FF A minorAm C majorC G+G Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done A minorAm C majorC G+G FF FF (hit and off) Breakdown 2 vamp Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
Other versions of Carry On My Wayward Son
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Carry on wayward son by Kansas
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Carry on my wayward son | Chords |
Carry on my wayward son | Intro |
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Carry on my wayward son (Ver. 2) | Tabs |
Carry on my wayward son (Ver. 3) | Tabs |