Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son (Guitar)
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Chords
Carry on, my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
(drums count in 1& &3 4)
Don't you cry no more
Riff 1: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures)
| 1 & 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 3 & triplet | 1 & 2 3 & | (x2)
A G A C A G A D E G E D C D G D F# Keys [organ]/electric 1 single notes
Breakdown 1: (half time, octaves) (6 measures)
| 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x3)
E E E E A B D G D E
Riff 1 with Solo: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures)
Keys organ single notes
Electric 1 solo
Breakdown 2: (half time, octaves 1 guitar very high) (4 measures)
| 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x2)
E E E E A B D G D E
Tag: (half time) (3 measures)
All notes are different (you will have to pick them out)
Slow triplet x2 F (sustain for 2 measures)
[Verse 1] (soft, only keys [piano] arpeggiated)
Am G F G Once I rose above the noise and confusion Am G F G Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion Dm C Bb Bb C I was soaring ever higher Dm C G (bass/drums in) But I flew too high Am G F G Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Am G F G Though my mind could think I still was a mad man Dm C Bb I hear the voices when I'm dreaming Dm C G I can hear them say
[Chorus 1]
Am C G F Am C G Carry on, my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) Riff 1 Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
[Verse 2] (soft, keys [piano] arpeggiated /bass/drums)
Am G F G Masquerading as a man with a reason Am G F G My charade is the event of the season Dm C Bb Bb C And if I claim to be a wise man Dm C G It surely means that I don't know Am G F G On a stormy sea of moving emotion Am G F G Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean Dm C Bb Bb C I set a course for winds of fortune Dm C G But I hear the voices say
[Chorus 2]
Am C G F Am C G Carry on, my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) 1 2 3 4*Drum hit Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
[Solo 1] (medium-soft, bass/drums/electrics only) (8 measures)
| 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & | 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & | x2
A A G A D C A A G A D
[Solo 2] (1st time, keys [organ] solo, 2nd time, electric solo)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | x2
E E D C# B A G E G E E D C# B D F# G G# A
[Riff 1]
[Bridge] (medium)
Am Am (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & G F E F G A C You will always remember Am Am (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & G F E F G A C Nothing equals the splendor Dm C Bb Bb C Now your life's no longer empty Dm C G Surely Heaven waits for you
[Ending Chorus] (medium)
Am C G F Am C G Carry on, my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) Breakdown 2 vamp Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more