Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son (Official Video) Chords
Tempo:
128.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
E
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when [G] you are done.
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
[Am]
[D] [G] [D]
[A] [C] [A] [D] [G]
[F#m] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [C] My [D] wayward [Am] [G] [D]
[C] [D] [G]
[D] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F] son.
[Am] [C] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] [C] I was [A#] soaring ever higher, [C] [Dm] I [C] flew [G] too high.
[Am] [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
Though [Em] my mind could think, [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I hear [C] the voices when [A#] I'm dreaming, [C] [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
[A] [C] Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
[D] [Em]
[G] [F#m] [Am]
[D] [Am] [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 [Dm] season.
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] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving emotion, [Am] [Em] tossed about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad chorus for [A#] winds of fortune, [C] [Dm] [C] but I hear the [G] voices say.
[A] [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [A] [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.
[E] [C]
[G#] [A] [D]
[C]
[D]
[E] [B] [G] [D]
[E] [Bm] [A] [E]
[Am] [D] [G] [A] [C]
[D] [G] [D]
[C]
[D]
[E] [Em]
[C] [G]
[G#] [C] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [A] [C]
Carry [D] [G]
[F#m] [Am] [G] on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done.
You [F] will
[G] [Am] remember, carry [G] on.
[F] Nothing equal [Em] to spare [D] [C] my son, [A#] your prayer and [C] plea.
[D] [C] Surely coming way [G] for you.
[A] [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [A] don't you [Am] cry [E] no [Em] [D]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [G]
[F#] [A] [E]
[F#] [A] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [A]
[E] more.
[F#] [A] [E] [Am] [G]
[F]
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
[Am]
[D] [G] [D]
[A] [C] [A] [D] [G]
[F#m] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [C] My [D] wayward [Am] [G] [D]
[C] [D] [G]
[D] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F] son.
[Am] [C] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] [C] I was [A#] soaring ever higher, [C] [Dm] I [C] flew [G] too high.
[Am] [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
Though [Em] my mind could think, [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I hear [C] the voices when [A#] I'm dreaming, [C] [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
[A] [C] Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
[D] [Em]
[G] [F#m] [Am]
[D] [Am] [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 [Dm] season.
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] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving emotion, [Am] [Em] tossed about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad chorus for [A#] winds of fortune, [C] [Dm] [C] but I hear the [G] voices say.
[A] [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [A] [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.
[E] [C]
[G#] [A] [D]
[C]
[D]
[E] [B] [G] [D]
[E] [Bm] [A] [E]
[Am] [D] [G] [A] [C]
[D] [G] [D]
[C]
[D]
[E] [Em]
[C] [G]
[G#] [C] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [A] [C]
Carry [D] [G]
[F#m] [Am] [G] on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done.
You [F] will
[G] [Am] remember, carry [G] on.
[F] Nothing equal [Em] to spare [D] [C] my son, [A#] your prayer and [C] plea.
[D] [C] Surely coming way [G] for you.
[A] [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [A] don't you [Am] cry [E] no [Em] [D]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [G]
[F#] [A] [E]
[F#] [A] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [A] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [A]
[E] more.
[F#] [A] [E] [Am] [G]
[F]
Key:
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C
E
Em
D
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_ Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when [G] you are done.
_ Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ My [D] wayward _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] son. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [C] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] _ [C] I was [A#] soaring ever _ higher, [C] [Dm] I [C] flew [G] too high.
_ [Am] _ [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
Though [Em] my mind could think, [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I hear [C] the voices when [A#] I'm dreaming, _ [C] _ [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
_ [A] _ [C] Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] _ rest, [C] don't you cry no _ more.
_ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [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 [Dm] season.
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] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving emotion, [Am] _ [Em] tossed about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad chorus for [A#] winds of fortune, [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] but I hear the [G] voices _ say.
[A] _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [A] _ [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.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[G#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [C] _
Carry [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done.
You [F] will _
[G] [Am] remember, _ carry [G] on.
[F] Nothing equal [Em] to spare [D] _ [C] my son, [A#] your prayer and [C] plea.
[D] _ [C] Surely coming way [G] for you.
_ [A] _ [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [A] don't you [Am] _ cry [E] no _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] more.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ My [D] wayward _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] son. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [C] Once I rose [F] above the noise [Em] and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a glimpse [F]
beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] _ [C] I was [A#] soaring ever _ higher, [C] [Dm] I [C] flew [G] too high.
_ [Am] _ [Em] Though my eyes could [Dm] see, I still [G] was a blind [Am] man.
Though [Em] my mind could think, [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man.
I hear [C] the voices when [A#] I'm dreaming, _ [C] _ [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
_ [A] _ [C] Carry [G] on my wayward [F] son, [A] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] Lay [C] your [G] weary head to [F] _ rest, [C] don't you cry no _ more.
_ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [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 [Dm] season.
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] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving emotion, [Am] _ [Em] tossed about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad chorus for [A#] winds of fortune, [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] but I hear the [G] voices _ say.
[A] _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [A] _ [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.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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[G#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [C] _
Carry [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done.
You [F] will _
[G] [Am] remember, _ carry [G] on.
[F] Nothing equal [Em] to spare [D] _ [C] my son, [A#] your prayer and [C] plea.
[D] _ [C] Surely coming way [G] for you.
_ [A] _ [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [F] son, [A] _ [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, [A] don't you [Am] _ cry [E] no _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] more.
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