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Carry On My Wayward Son chords by Kansas (Ver. 2)

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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)
  Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramF#F#
	Keys [organ]/electric 1 single notes

Break down 1: (half time, octaves)  (6 measures)
| 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x3)
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramBB Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE 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)
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramBB Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE MajorE

Tag: (half time) (3 measures)
All notes are different (you will have to pick them out)
Slow triplet x2   Chord diagramFF (sustain for 2 measures)

Verse 1: (soft, only keys [piano] arpeggiated)
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramC majorC
I was soaring ever higher
Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G     (bass/drums in)
But I flew too high
Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
Chord diagramDmDm         Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramBb majorBb
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
I can hear them say
                          Chorus 1:
Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Carry on my wayward son,  There'll be peace when you are done
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramFF (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)
Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG+G
Masquerading as a man with a reason
Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
My charade is the event of the season
Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramC majorC
And if I claim to be a wise man
Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G
It surely means that I don't know
Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramBb majorBb         Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramC majorC
I set a course for winds of fortune
Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G
But I hear the voices say
                          Chorus 2:
Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Carry on my wayward son,  There'll be peace when you are done
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramFF (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
  Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD 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
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramF#F#  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramG#G#  Chord diagramA augmentedA

Riff 1

Bridge: (medium)
Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramA minorAm (mute)
Carry on 1  2 & 3 & 4 &
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramC majorC
You will always remember
Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramA minorAm (mute)
Carry on 1  2   & 3 & 4 &
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramC majorC
Nothing  equals the splendor
Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramBb majorBb     Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramC majorC
Now your life's no longer empty
Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G
Surely Heaven waits for you

Ending Chorus: (medium)
Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Carry on my wayward son,  There'll be peace when you are done
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramFF (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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