Carry On Wayward Son Chords by Kansas
Tempo:
128.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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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.
[Am]
[D] [Em] [D] [G] [D] [A]
[C] [A] [D] [G]
[F#m] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G] [F#]
[C] [D] [G]
[D] [E] Once [Em] [E]
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, [Em] just to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] [C] I was soaring ever [A#] [C] higher, [Dm] but [C] I flew [G] too high.
[Am] [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[Em] Though my mind [F] could think, I still [G] was a mad [D] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] [Dm] [C] I can [G] hear them [A] say
Carry [C] on [G] my wayward [F] son, [A] there'll [C] be [G] peace when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [Dm] don't you [C] cry no more.
[D] [G]
[F#m] [C]
[D] [G]
[F#m] [Am] [Em] Masquerading as [Dm] a man with [G] a reason, [Am] my [Em] charade is the [F] event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
[Am] [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of moving [G] emotion, [Am] [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] stand lost, fallen [A#] to fortune, [C] [Dm] [C] but I hear the [G] voices
[A] say
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [Am] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
[G] [A] [C]
[G] [A] [D]
[A] [C] [D] [A] [C]
[D]
[E] [G#] [G] of
the calmest sea
[F#m] [G] [G#]
[C]
[D]
[C]
[D] [G] [Am] [D]
[Em] [D] [C#] [Em]
[C#m] [G] [G#]
[C] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[F#m] [Am] Carry [G] [F] on!
You will know [Am]
[G] [F] that [Em] even the [D] [C] skies are [A#] longer than [C] me.
[Dm] [C] Surely coming waves [G] like [A] you
[C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be [G] peace when you are [A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [B] don't you cry [E] no [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#]
[A] more.
[E] [F#m] [E] [F#m]
[E] [F#]
[A] [E] [Am] [G]
[F]
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
[Am]
[D] [Em] [D] [G] [D] [A]
[C] [A] [D] [G]
[F#m] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G] [F#]
[C] [D] [G]
[D] [E] Once [Em] [E]
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, [Em] just to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] [C] I was soaring ever [A#] [C] higher, [Dm] but [C] I flew [G] too high.
[Am] [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[Em] Though my mind [F] could think, I still [G] was a mad [D] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] [Dm] [C] I can [G] hear them [A] say
Carry [C] on [G] my wayward [F] son, [A] there'll [C] be [G] peace when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [Dm] don't you [C] cry no more.
[D] [G]
[F#m] [C]
[D] [G]
[F#m] [Am] [Em] Masquerading as [Dm] a man with [G] a reason, [Am] my [Em] charade is the [F] event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
[Am] [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of moving [G] emotion, [Am] [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] stand lost, fallen [A#] to fortune, [C] [Dm] [C] but I hear the [G] voices
[A] say
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [Am] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
[G] [A] [C]
[G] [A] [D]
[A] [C] [D] [A] [C]
[D]
[E] [G#] [G] of
the calmest sea
[F#m] [G] [G#]
[C]
[D]
[C]
[D] [G] [Am] [D]
[Em] [D] [C#] [Em]
[C#m] [G] [G#]
[C] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[F#m] [Am] Carry [G] [F] on!
You will know [Am]
[G] [F] that [Em] even the [D] [C] skies are [A#] longer than [C] me.
[Dm] [C] Surely coming waves [G] like [A] you
[C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be [G] peace when you are [A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [B] don't you cry [E] no [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#]
[A] more.
[E] [F#m] [E] [F#m]
[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.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ Once [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, [Em] just to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] _ [C] I was soaring ever [A#] _ [C] higher, [Dm] but [C] I flew [G] too high.
_ [Am] _ [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[Em] Though my mind [F] could think, I still [G] was a mad [D] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] I can [G] hear them _ _ [A] say_
Carry [C] on [G] my wayward [F] son, [A] there'll [C] be [G] peace when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [Dm] don't you [C] cry no more.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] Masquerading as [Dm] a man with [G] a reason, [Am] my [Em] charade is the [F] event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
_ [Am] _ [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of moving [G] emotion, [Am] _ [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] stand lost, fallen [A#] to fortune, [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] but I hear the [G] voices _
_ _ [A] say_
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [Am] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [G] _of
the calmest _ sea_
_ [F#m] _ [G] _ [G#] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ [G] _ _ _ [G#] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Am] _ Carry [G] [F] on!
You will know [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] [F] that [Em] even the _ [D] _ [C] skies are [A#] longer than [C] me.
[Dm] _ [C] Surely coming waves [G] like _ [A] you_
[C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] _ [C] there'll be [G] peace when you are _ _ [A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, _ [B] don't you _ cry [E] no _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ more.
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no _ more.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ Once [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, [Em] just to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] _ [C] I was soaring ever [A#] _ [C] higher, [Dm] but [C] I flew [G] too high.
_ [Am] _ [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[Em] Though my mind [F] could think, I still [G] was a mad [D] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] I can [G] hear them _ _ [A] say_
Carry [C] on [G] my wayward [F] son, [A] there'll [C] be [G] peace when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [Dm] don't you [C] cry no more.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] Masquerading as [Dm] a man with [G] a reason, [Am] my [Em] charade is the [F] event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And if [C] I claim to [A#] be a wise [C] man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
_ [Am] _ [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of moving [G] emotion, [Am] _ [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] stand lost, fallen [A#] to fortune, [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] but I hear the [G] voices _
_ _ [A] say_
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [Am] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [G] _of
the calmest _ sea_
_ [F#m] _ [G] _ [G#] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ [G] _ _ _ [G#] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Am] _ Carry [G] [F] on!
You will know [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] [F] that [Em] even the _ [D] _ [C] skies are [A#] longer than [C] me.
[Dm] _ [C] Surely coming waves [G] like _ [A] you_
[C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] _ [C] there'll be [G] peace when you are _ _ [A] done.
Lay [C] your weary [G] head [F] to rest, _ [B] don't you _ cry [E] no _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ more.
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _