Carry on Wayward Son (Kansas) | Lexington Lab Band Chords
Tempo:
128.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
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Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Carry on my [G] wayward son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
to [Am] rest, don't you cry no [D#] more
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[C] [D] [Em]
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[Em]
to [Am] rest, don't you cry no [D#] more
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[C] [D] [Em]
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[Em] [E]
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_ _ Carry on my _ [G] wayward son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
_ [C] Lay your weary head to _ [Am] rest, don't you cry no _ _ [D#] more
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_ _ _ Once [C] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, [C] just to get a glimpse [E] beyond [Em] this illusion
_ [Dm] [C] I was soaring ever [A#] _ [D] higher, _ [Dm] _ [G] but I flew too high
_ [Am] Though [G] my eyes could [F] see I still [G] was a blind [Am] man, [G] though my mind [F] could think I still was a mad [Dm] man
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, _ [D] _ [C] I can [G] hear them say
_ [Am] _ [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, _ [C]
there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[Am] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to _ [F] rest, don't you [C] cry no more
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_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Masquerading as [F] a man [G] with a reason, [Am] my [G] charade is [F] the events of the season
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that [G] I don't _ know
[Am] _ [G] On a stormy [F] sea of [G] moving emotion, [Em] tossed about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [D] ocean
I [C] set a course for [A#] winds of fortune, [C] _ but I hear the [G] voices _ _ [Am] say
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, [Am] don't you cry no more
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_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ [G] Carry on, you [F] will always [Am] remember, [G] your _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] last [A#] dollar _ [D] empty, [Dm] _ [C] surely heaven [G] waits for you
_ _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [Am] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
_ [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, [C] don't you cry [A] _
[E] no more
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_ _ [E] _ Wow!
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_ [C] Lay your weary head to _ [Am] rest, don't you cry no _ _ [D#] more
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_ _ _ Once [C] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, [C] just to get a glimpse [E] beyond [Em] this illusion
_ [Dm] [C] I was soaring ever [A#] _ [D] higher, _ [Dm] _ [G] but I flew too high
_ [Am] Though [G] my eyes could [F] see I still [G] was a blind [Am] man, [G] though my mind [F] could think I still was a mad [Dm] man
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, _ [D] _ [C] I can [G] hear them say
_ [Am] _ [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, _ [C]
there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[Am] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to _ [F] rest, don't you [C] cry no more
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Masquerading as [F] a man [G] with a reason, [Am] my [G] charade is [F] the events of the season
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that [G] I don't _ know
[Am] _ [G] On a stormy [F] sea of [G] moving emotion, [Em] tossed about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [D] ocean
I [C] set a course for [A#] winds of fortune, [C] _ but I hear the [G] voices _ _ [Am] say
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, [Am] don't you cry no more
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_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ [G] Carry on, you [F] will always [Am] remember, [G] your _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] last [A#] dollar _ [D] empty, [Dm] _ [C] surely heaven [G] waits for you
_ _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [Am] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
_ [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, [C] don't you cry [A] _
[E] no more
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_ _ [E] _ Wow!
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