CARRY ON WAYWARD SON by KANSAS
Lyrics, Chords, and that awesome riff!


[Intro]
N.C.
Carry on my wayward son
N.C.
There'll be peace when you are done
N.C.
Lay your weary head to rest
N.C.
Don't you cry no more


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[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
N.C.
Don't you cry no more


[Riff]

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B|------------
G|------------
D|-----------5
A|--7--5--7---
E|------------

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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
           
It surely mean

              
s that I don't

 
 know
           
On a stormy se

            
a of moving em

otion
           
Tossed about, 

             
I'm like a shi

         
p 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
N.C.
Don't you cry no more


(Instrumental)


[Riff]

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B|------------
G|------------
D|-----------5
A|--7--5--7---
E|------------

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7--|----------
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7-5-|--7-----7
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[Bridge]
 
   Carry on
             
You will alway

  
s remember
 
   Carry on
             
Nothing equals

     
 the splendor
           
Now your life'

            
s no longer em

pty
           
Surely Heaven 

          
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
          
Don't you cry 

              
{vocal echo: D

              
on't you cry} 

   
no more


[Submitted by JP Leong at hleong@worldnet.att.net]

Note: This is based on Carry on Wayward Son, music done in a possibly different key.