Chords for Kansas Carry on my Wayward son
Tempo:
129.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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.
[C]
[D] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] [F#m] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [C]
[D]
[G] [F#] [Am]
[D] [C] [G] [D]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [G] [F]
[Am] [Em] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
[B]
[C] I was soaring [A#] ever higher, [C] [Dm]
back [C] through [G] Duhai.
[Am]
Though [Em] my eyes could see [Dm] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man, though [Em] my life could [F] think I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C]
[Dm] [C] I can hear [G] them say.
[A] [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] Lay your [G] weary head [F] to rest, [D] don't you [C] cry no more.
[D] [G] [D]
[Am] [D]
[G] [F#m] [Am]
[Em] Masquerading as [F] a man with [G] no [Am] reason, my [Em] charade is [F] the event [G] of the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know.
[Am]
[Em] All the stories [F] see a [G] moving [Am] ocean, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a [G] ship on the [Dm] ocean.
[C] A sadder course [A#] for winds of fortune, [Dm]
[C] but I hear the voices [G] say.
[A]
Carry [C] [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A]
[C] there'll be [G] peace when you are done.
[A]
Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [Am] don't you cry no more.
[G#] [C]
[G] [A] [D] [Am]
[G#] [C]
[G] [D] [E]
[B] [G] [Dm] [E]
[G] [G#] [Am]
[G] [A] [C]
[D] [G] [D] [C]
[D] [E]
[G] [E]
Oh!
You [F#] [G] [G#] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
[Em] [D] [G] [F#m] [Am]
[G] [F] will always remember, [G] [F] [Em] [D]
[C] the cries from [A#] your family.
[C]
[Dm] [C] Surely nothing waits [G] for you.
[Am] Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son,
[A] [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are
[A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [D#] don't you cry.
Don't you [E] cry!
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#m] Oh!
[A] [E] [F#]
[A] [E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[A] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [F#m] [F#] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#] [A]
[E] [Am] [G] [F]
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
[C]
[D] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] [F#m] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [C]
[D]
[G] [F#] [Am]
[D] [C] [G] [D]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [G] [F]
[Am] [Em] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
[B]
[C] I was soaring [A#] ever higher, [C] [Dm]
back [C] through [G] Duhai.
[Am]
Though [Em] my eyes could see [Dm] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man, though [Em] my life could [F] think I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C]
[Dm] [C] I can hear [G] them say.
[A] [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] Lay your [G] weary head [F] to rest, [D] don't you [C] cry no more.
[D] [G] [D]
[Am] [D]
[G] [F#m] [Am]
[Em] Masquerading as [F] a man with [G] no [Am] reason, my [Em] charade is [F] the event [G] of the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know.
[Am]
[Em] All the stories [F] see a [G] moving [Am] ocean, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a [G] ship on the [Dm] ocean.
[C] A sadder course [A#] for winds of fortune, [Dm]
[C] but I hear the voices [G] say.
[A]
Carry [C] [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A]
[C] there'll be [G] peace when you are done.
[A]
Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [Am] don't you cry no more.
[G#] [C]
[G] [A] [D] [Am]
[G#] [C]
[G] [D] [E]
[B] [G] [Dm] [E]
[G] [G#] [Am]
[G] [A] [C]
[D] [G] [D] [C]
[D] [E]
[G] [E]
Oh!
You [F#] [G] [G#] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
[Em] [D] [G] [F#m] [Am]
[G] [F] will always remember, [G] [F] [Em] [D]
[C] the cries from [A#] your family.
[C]
[Dm] [C] Surely nothing waits [G] for you.
[Am] Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son,
[A] [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are
[A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [D#] don't you cry.
Don't you [E] cry!
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#m] Oh!
[A] [E] [F#]
[A] [E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[A] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [F#m] [F#] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#] [A]
[E] [Am] [G] [F]
Key:
G
C
Em
E
D
G
C
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 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.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
[B] _
[C] I was soaring [A#] ever higher, [C] _ [Dm]
back [C] through [G] _ _ Duhai.
[Am] _
Though [Em] my eyes could see [Dm] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man, though [Em] my life could [F] think I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] _
[Dm] _ [C] I can hear [G] them _ say.
[A] _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] Lay your [G] weary head [F] to rest, [D] don't you [C] cry no more.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] Masquerading as [F] a man with [G] no [Am] reason, my [Em] charade is [F] the event [G] of the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know.
_ [Am] _
[Em] All the stories [F] see a [G] moving [Am] ocean, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a [G] ship on the [Dm] ocean.
[C] A sadder course [A#] for winds of fortune, _ [Dm] _
[C] but I hear the voices [G] _ say.
_ [A]
Carry [C] [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A] _
[C] there'll be [G] peace when you are done.
[A]
Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] _ rest, [Am] don't you cry no more. _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [G#] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
Oh!
You _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [G#] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ [F] will always remember, _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] the cries from [A#] your family.
[C] _ _
[Dm] _ [C] Surely nothing waits [G] for you. _
[Am] _ Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son, _
[A] _ [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are _ _
[A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, _ [D#] don't you cry.
Don't you [E] cry! _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] Oh!
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 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.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
[B] _
[C] I was soaring [A#] ever higher, [C] _ [Dm]
back [C] through [G] _ _ Duhai.
[Am] _
Though [Em] my eyes could see [Dm] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man, though [Em] my life could [F] think I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] _
[Dm] _ [C] I can hear [G] them _ say.
[A] _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] Lay your [G] weary head [F] to rest, [D] don't you [C] cry no more.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] Masquerading as [F] a man with [G] no [Am] reason, my [Em] charade is [F] the event [G] of the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know.
_ [Am] _
[Em] All the stories [F] see a [G] moving [Am] ocean, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a [G] ship on the [Dm] ocean.
[C] A sadder course [A#] for winds of fortune, _ [Dm] _
[C] but I hear the voices [G] _ say.
_ [A]
Carry [C] [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A] _
[C] there'll be [G] peace when you are done.
[A]
Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] _ rest, [Am] don't you cry no more. _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [G#] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
Oh!
You _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [G#] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ [F] will always remember, _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] the cries from [A#] your family.
[C] _ _
[Dm] _ [C] Surely nothing waits [G] for you. _
[Am] _ Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son, _
[A] _ [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are _ _
[A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, _ [D#] don't you cry.
Don't you [E] cry! _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] Oh!
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _
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_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
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