Carry On My Wayward Son (Complete)

Carry On My Wayward Son / Kansas

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of C) so you can Play Along With Kansas!



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Carry On My Wayward Son


[Chorus]

Carry On My Wayward Son     There'll be peace when you are done
 6 7  7  8  -8  7   7-77-6     6     7    7    8   -8   7  6-5
-3 4  4  6  -5 -4  -44-4-3    -3     4    4    6   -5  -4 -3 3 

Lay your weary head to rest     Don't you cry no more
 6   7   7  8   -8  7  7-77-6    6    -5   6  -5  5
-3   4   4  6   -5 -4 -44-4-3   -3     3  -3   3  2


-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

 2 2  6 6   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6   2 2  -7 7   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6

 2 2  6 6   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6   2 2  -7 7   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6

-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

 2 2  6 6   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6   2 2  -7 7   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6

 4 -4 -3  -4 -3  3 -2


[Verse]

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
-3   4  -5  4 -4  -3   -3   -3   3 -3 -4

Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
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I was soaring ever higher   But I flew too high
-6 -6  6  -5  -5 5  6 -5    -6 -6  6   -5 5  3

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
-3     4   -5    4   -4 -3  -3   -3  3  -3   -4

Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
-3     4   -5    4    -4  -3   6   -5  5  5   6

I hear the voices when I'm dreaming    I can hear them say
-3 -6  -6   6 -5  -5    5   6  -5     -6 -6   6    7    7

[Chorus]

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

-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

[Verse]

Masquerading as a man with a reason  My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man  It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion  Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune  But I hear the voices say

[Chorus]

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

{Repeat Section}
{
-7 7 6 -5 5 -3  4 -5   3  -3  -5  5

-7 7 6 -5 5 -3  4 -5   3  -3  -5

-7 7 6 -5 5 -3  4 -5   3  -3  -5  5

-7 7 6 -5 5 -3  4 -5   3  -3  -5

2 6  -5  4*  -4  -3  3  -5 7

2 6  -5  4*  -4 -5 -2* 3 3* 4
}

-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

-3 3 -3 4   -3 3 -3 -5   6 7 6 -5 5  -5 3  -5 -2*

Carry on, you will always remember   Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
 7 -7 -7   7   -7  -7  7  6 7 6 5     7 -7 -7   7  -7   8 -8  -7  -8  -7

Now your life's no longer empty   Surely heaven waits for you
-7   -7   7     -6 -6 -5  7 -5    -6 -6   7  7   -7    8  -8

[Chorus]

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 (-7 7 -7 -8 -8!)

{Repeat Section}
{
 2 2  6 6   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6   2 2  -7 7   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6

 2 2  6 6   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6   2 2  -7 7   -3 -4 -5 7 -5 6

 -6* -6* -6* 6 5*  -6* -6* -6* 6 5*   -3 -3  2 2

 -6* -6* -6* 6 5*  -6* -6* -6* 6 5*   -3 -3  2 2

 -6* -6* -6* 6 5*  -6* -6* -6* 6 5*   -3 -3  2 2

 -6* -6* -6* 6 5*  -6* -6* -6* 6 5*   -3 -3  2 2
}

 4 -4 -3  -4 -3  3 -2


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