Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

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Note - Some of the chords are 1 beat like the 1st 4 beats in the 1st instrumental
       A is 1 beat then c for 3 beats I left a bigger gap after the 2nd chord 
       so you can distinguish the difference 

[Chorus]
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

[Instrumental]
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         Ahhhh

[Verse 1]
              
Once I rose ab

             
ove 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 s

             
till was a bli

       
nd man
             
Though my mind

              
 could think I

            
 still was a m

ad man
           
I hear the voi

             
ces when I'm d

       
reaming
             
I can hear the

     
m say

[Chorus]
            
Carry on my wa

         
yward son
             
There'll be pe

             
ace when you a

        
re done
             
Lay your weary

        
 head to rest
         
Don't you cry 

     
no more

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
           
Masquerading a

             
s a man with a

       
 reason
             
My charade is 

             
the event of t

          
he season
             
And if I claim

         
 to be a wise 

man, well
           
It surely mean

              
s that I don't

       
 know
             
On a stormy se

            
a of moving em

      
otion
             
Tossed about I

             
'm like a ship

             
 on the ocean
             
I set a course

              
 for winds of 

       
fortune
             
But I hear the

              
 voices say

[Chorus]
            
Carry on my wa

         
yward son
             
There'll be pe

             
ace when you a

        
re done
             
Lay your weary

        
 head to rest
          
Don't you cry 

   
no more

No!

[Guitar Solo]
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[Bridge]
             
Carry on, you 

             
will always re

       
member
             
Carry on, noth

             
ing equals the

       
 splendor
             
Now your life'

            
s no longer em

     
pty
             
But surely hea

             
ven waits for 

    
you

[Chorus]
            
Carry on my wa

         
yward son
             
There'll be pe

             
ace when you a

        
re done
             
Lay your weary

        
 head to rest
N.C.
Don't you cry
              
          Don'

             
t you cry no m


ore

[Guitar Solo Outro]
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