CARRY ON WAYWARD SON by KANSAS Lyrics, Chords, and that awesome riff!
(N.C.) 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
{riff} [clean distortion (if there is such a thing) effect] e-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| B-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| G-|--------------|--------------|--4--7--4-----|--------------| D-|-----------5--|-----------7--|----------7-5-|--7-----7-----| A-|--7--5--7-----|--7--5--7-----|--------------|-----5-----4--| E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| {repeat once each time played}
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Don't you cry no more
{riff}
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man
It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set sail for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Don't you cry no more
{riff}
Em (mute) Carry on
You will always remember Em (mute) Carry on
Nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely Heaven waits for you
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Bm7 Don't you cry {vocal echo: Don't you cry} no more
Note: This is based on Carry on Wayward Son music done in a possibly different key (taken from an SATB arrangement). The last time I heard the real song was a few months ago...
