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Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son

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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]
|A C    |D   |G  D  |
|A C    |D   G  |G  D  |
|Em   |Em   |Em   |Em   |
|Em   |Em   |Em   |Em   |
|A   |D   |G  D  |Am  |D   |G  D  |
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |
|Am  G  |F
         Ahhhh

[Verse 1]
                      G                   A
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
                                           G
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
                   Bb     F
I was soaring ever higher
      C        G    Am
But I flew too high
          G                F           G         Am
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
          G                  F           G
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
Dm         C               Bb      C Dm
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
      C         G   Am
I can hear them say

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

[Instrumental]
|D  G  |G  D  |D C    |D  |G  D  |

[Verse 2]
Am     G          F          G      Am
Masquerading as a man with a reason
       G           F           G       Dm
My charade is the event of the season
         C             Bb
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
Dm        C                  G      Am
It surely means that I don't know
     G             F       G      Am
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
        G               F           G     Dm
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
        C                   Bb      C Dm
I set a course for winds of fortune
      C               G      Am
But I hear the voices say

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

No!

[Guitar Solo]
|A   |C  Am  |G  D  |D  |C  Am  |
|C  Am  |D  |D  Em  |E  Bm7  A7|A  Em7  |Em7  G|
|Am   |D  Am  |Am  |D  |D  A  |D  |C  |C  A  |
|D  |  Bm  |G  Em  D|Dm  G  |Am7  |D  |G  D  |
|  C   |D  G  |G  D  |Am

[Bridge]
          G        F               Am
Carry on, you will always remember
          G       F                Dm
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
         C                Bb     Dm
Now your life's no longer empty
           C             G      Am
But surely heaven waits for you

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

[Guitar Solo Outro]
|Em  G  |E  Em  |
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |
|F#m  |A  E |  x3
|F#m  |A    E  Em  E
         No mo-----re
|Em  E  |
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |
|F#m  |A  E |  x4
|Am  G  |F
    

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