Carry On Wayward Son

Intro: 0:01
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: 0:17
C | D | G D  - x2
0:29
E7 | E7 | E7 E7:F#m7 | Em7  - x2
0:44
C | D | G D  - x2
0:55
E7 | E7 | E7 | E7
1:03
Am G:Am:G | F!!!
            Aaaah.

Verse 1: 1:09
Am        G
  Once I rose above
     F            G
The noise and confusion,
Am         G
  Just to get a glimpse
   F           G
Beyond this illusion.

Dm       C
  I was soaring
      A#    A#:C
Ever higher,
Dm        C       G
  But I flew too high.
1:25
Am           G
  'Though my eyes could see,
    F           G
I still was a blind man.
Am            G
  'Though my mind could think,
    F          G
I still was a madman.

Dm            C
  I hear the voices
           A#     A#:C
When I'm dreaming.
Dm       C         G
  I can hear them say:

Chorus: 1:40
Am       C      G       F
  "Carry on my wayward son.
Am             C          G
  There'll be peace when you are done.
Am          C     G       F
  Lay your weary head to rest.
F!                  C ->
  Don't you cry no more."

Instrumental: 1:53
C | D | G D  - x2

Verse 2: 2:04
Am       G
  Masquerading as
   F          G
A man with a reason.
Am       G
  My charade is
      F           G
The event of the season.

Dm           C
  And if I claim to be
   A#      A#:C
A wise man,   ah,
Dm           C                   G
  It surely means that I don't know.
2:19
Am       G
  On a stormy sea
    F       G
Of moving emotion.
Am         G
  Tossed about, I'm like
    F         G
A ship on the ocean.
Dm         C
  I set a course
              A#     A#:C
For winds of fortune.
Dm       C               G
  But I hear the voices say:

Chorus: 2:34
Am       C      G       F
  "Carry on my wayward son.
Am             C          G
  There'll be peace when you are done.
Am          C     G       F
  Lay your weary head to rest.
F!
  Don't you cry no more." No!

Instrumental: 2:48
Am | Am D:C | Am | Am D  - x2
3:03
Am | Am | Am | Am
3:11
Am | Am D:C | Am | Am D  - x2
3:26
Am | Am | Am | Am
3:33
C | D | G D  - x2

Bridge: 3:45
Am:Am!
  Carry on,
 G       F
You will always remember,
Am:Am!
  Carry on,
 G      F
Nothing equals the splendor.

Dm          C               A#
  Now your life's no longer empty.
Dm         C            G
  Surely, heaven waits for you.

Chorus: 4:00
Am      C      G       F
  Carry on my wayward son.
Am             C          G
  There'll be peace when you are done.
Am          C     G       F
  Lay your weary head to rest.
F!
  (Don't you cry.)
                  E7 ->
Don't you cry no more.

Instrumental: 4:14
E7 | E7 | E7 E7:F#m7 | Em7  - x2

Coda: 4:29
F#m7 | A E  - x3
F#m7 | A
4:43
 E7 | E7 | E7 E7:F#m7 | Em7
No more!

E7 | E7 | E7 E7:F#m7 | Em7
4:57
F#m7 | A E  - x4
5:12
Am G:Am:G | F!!!