Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
Main thing:
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Bridge Deelie:
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Cool Part Before The Solo:
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TEXT + AKORDY:
(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]
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{repeat once each time played}
Em D
C
D
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Em D C
D
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
Am G
F
F G
I was soaring ever higher
Am G D
But I flew too high
Em D
C
D
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Em D
C
D
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
Am G
F
F G
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
Am G D
I can hear them say
Em G D
C
Carry on my wayward son
Em G
D
There'll be peace when you are done
Em G D
C
Lay your weary head to rest
(N.C.)
Don't you cry no more
{riff}
Em D
C
D
Masquerading as a man with a reason
Em D
C
D
My charade is the event of the season
Am G
F
F G
And if I claim to be a wise man
Am G
D
It surely means that I don't know
Em D
C
D
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Em D
C
D
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
Am G
F
F G
I set sail for winds of fortune
Am G
D
But I hear the voices say
Em G D
C
Carry on my wayward son
Em G
D
There'll be peace when you are done
Em G D
C
Lay your weary head to rest
(N.C.)
Don't you cry no more
{riff}
Em (mute)
Carry on
D C
You will always remember
Em (mute)
Carry on
D
C
Nothing equals the splendor
Am G
F
Now your life's no longer empty
Am G
D
Surely Heaven waits for you
Em G D
C
Carry on my wayward son
Em G
D
There'll be peace when you are done
Em G D
C
Lay your weary head to rest
(N.C.)
Bm7
Don't you cry {vocal echo: Don't you cry} no more