Carry On Wayward Son Chords by Kansas
Tempo:
129.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
E
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.
I'm all alone.
[D] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [E] [Em]
[Em] [D] [E] [Em]
[Em] [Am]
[D] [A] [F#]
[Am] [D]
[E]
[Em]
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F] Oh,
[C] there [E]
isn't [Em] confusion, [Am] [Em] just to get a [F] glimpse beyond [C] this illusion.
[Dm] I [G] was soaring [A#] ever [D] higher.
[C]
[G] Though [Am] [Em] my eyes could [F] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my mind could [F] think, I still was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming.
[Dm] [C] I can hear [G] them say,
[Am] [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] But you'll only [G] really have to [F] rest.
[D] Don't you [C] cry no more.
[D]
[G] [Am]
[D] [Em] [G]
[Am] Charade [F] is a bad [G] reason.
[Am] My [Em] charade is [F] the event of [G] the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to be [A#] a wise man,
[Dm] Well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
[Am] [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of blue [G] emotion,
[Am] [G] I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] set a course for [A#] winds of fortune.
[Dm] [C] But I hear the [G] voices say,
[A] [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
[C] Don't you cry no more.
[D] [C]
[D]
[Am] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[E] [D]
[Em] [F#m] [G]
[C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[A]
[Am] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[E] [C#m] [F#]
[C] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] [G]
[A] Carry on, you [F] will always [Am] remember.
[F] That it [E] was a sad [D] [C] [A#] song to hear and [Dm] see.
[C] Surely it wouldn't [D] waste on you.
[A] [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
Don't [A] you cry, don't you cry no [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
more.
[F#] [A]
[F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A] [E]
Carry on.
[Em] [E] [Em] [E]
[Em] [D] [E]
[Em] [C#]
[F#] [Am] [E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[A] [E] [F#]
[Am]
[F]
[N]
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
I'm all alone.
[D] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [E] [Em]
[Em] [D] [E] [Em]
[Em] [Am]
[D] [A] [F#]
[Am] [D]
[E]
[Em]
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F] Oh,
[C] there [E]
isn't [Em] confusion, [Am] [Em] just to get a [F] glimpse beyond [C] this illusion.
[Dm] I [G] was soaring [A#] ever [D] higher.
[C]
[G] Though [Am] [Em] my eyes could [F] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my mind could [F] think, I still was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming.
[Dm] [C] I can hear [G] them say,
[Am] [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] But you'll only [G] really have to [F] rest.
[D] Don't you [C] cry no more.
[D]
[G] [Am]
[D] [Em] [G]
[Am] Charade [F] is a bad [G] reason.
[Am] My [Em] charade is [F] the event of [G] the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to be [A#] a wise man,
[Dm] Well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
[Am] [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of blue [G] emotion,
[Am] [G] I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] set a course for [A#] winds of fortune.
[Dm] [C] But I hear the [G] voices say,
[A] [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
[C] Don't you cry no more.
[D] [C]
[D]
[Am] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[E] [D]
[Em] [F#m] [G]
[C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[A]
[Am] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[E] [C#m] [F#]
[C] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] [G]
[A] Carry on, you [F] will always [Am] remember.
[F] That it [E] was a sad [D] [C] [A#] song to hear and [Dm] see.
[C] Surely it wouldn't [D] waste on you.
[A] [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
Don't [A] you cry, don't you cry no [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
more.
[F#] [A]
[F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A] [E]
Carry on.
[Em] [E] [Em] [E]
[Em] [D] [E]
[Em] [C#]
[F#] [Am] [E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[A] [E] [F#]
[Am]
[F]
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
E
G
C
D
_ 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.
I'm all alone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] Oh, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ there [E]
isn't [Em] confusion, [Am] _ [Em] just to get a [F] glimpse beyond [C] this illusion.
[Dm] I [G] was soaring [A#] ever _ [D] higher.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ Though _ [Am] _ [Em] my eyes could [F] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my mind could [F] think, I still was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming.
_ [Dm] _ [C] I can hear [G] them _ say,
[Am] _ [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] But you'll only [G] really have to [F] _ rest.
[D] Don't you [C] cry no _ more.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Charade [F] is a bad [G] reason.
[Am] My [Em] charade is [F] the event of [G] the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to be [A#] a wise man,
[Dm] Well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
_ [Am] _ [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of blue [G] emotion,
[Am] _ [G] I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] set a course for [A#] winds of fortune.
_ [Dm] _ [C] But I hear the [G] voices _ say,
[A] _ [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
[C] Don't you cry no more.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ Carry on, you [F] will always [Am] remember.
_ _ [F] That it [E] was a sad [D] _ _ [C] _ [A#] song to hear and [Dm] see.
[C] Surely it wouldn't [D] waste on you.
_ [A] _ [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
_ Don't [A] you cry, don't you cry no [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
more.
[F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
Carry on.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Lay your weary head to _ rest, don't you cry no more.
I'm all alone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] Oh, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ there [E]
isn't [Em] confusion, [Am] _ [Em] just to get a [F] glimpse beyond [C] this illusion.
[Dm] I [G] was soaring [A#] ever _ [D] higher.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ Though _ [Am] _ [Em] my eyes could [F] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my mind could [F] think, I still was a mad [Dm] man.
I [C] hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming.
_ [Dm] _ [C] I can hear [G] them _ say,
[Am] _ [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are [A] done.
[C] But you'll only [G] really have to [F] _ rest.
[D] Don't you [C] cry no _ more.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Charade [F] is a bad [G] reason.
[Am] My [Em] charade is [F] the event of [G] the season.
[Dm] And if [C] I claim to be [A#] a wise man,
[Dm] Well, it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know.
_ [Am] _ [Em] On this stormy [F] sea of blue [G] emotion,
[Am] _ [G] I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
I [C] set a course for [A#] winds of fortune.
_ [Dm] _ [C] But I hear the [G] voices _ say,
[A] _ [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
[C] Don't you cry no more.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ Carry on, you [F] will always [Am] remember.
_ _ [F] That it [E] was a sad [D] _ _ [C] _ [A#] song to hear and [Dm] see.
[C] Surely it wouldn't [D] waste on you.
_ [A] _ [C] Carry on, [G] I'll lay [F] with some.
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] But you'll only [G] really have [F] to rest.
_ Don't [A] you cry, don't you cry no [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
more.
[F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
Carry on.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _