Carry On Wayward Son Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Em
Capo:	no capo

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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
 
 
[Riff]
 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--4--7--4-----|--------------|
D|-----------5--|-----------7--|----------7-5-|--7-----7-----| x2
A|--7--5--7-----|--7--5--7-----|--------------|----5-----4---|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
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
 
 
[Chorus]
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]
 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--4--7--4-----|--------------|
D|-----------5--|-----------7--|----------7-5-|--7-----7-----| x2
A|--7--5--7-----|--7--5--7-----|--------------|----5-----4---|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
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 a course for winds of fortune
Am    G               D
But I hear the voices say
 
 
[Chorus]
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
 
 
(Instrumental)
 
 
[Riff]
 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--4--7--4-----|--------------|
D|-----------5--|-----------7--|----------7-5-|--7-----7-----| x2
A|--7--5--7-----|--7--5--7-----|--------------|----5-----4---|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
[Bridge]
Em N.C.
   Carry on
         D      C
You will always remember
Em N.C.
   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
 
 
[Chorus]
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
 
 
[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.
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I play the riff like this: e-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| B-|--------------|--------------|--0--3--0-----|--------------| G-|-----------0--|-----------2--|----------2-0-|--2-----2-----| D-|--2--0--2-----|--2--0--2-----|--------------|-----2-----0--| A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| It's a billion times easier. I think the chords for the rest of the song sound awesome for just singing along to . . . but where's the ending???

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this is quite a hard song to do, so great job on actually doing it in the first place! it works well with my vocal range, but not everyone is an alto XD awesome! P.S.: for anyone that watches Supernatural here: DESTIEL ALL THE WAY

It sounds good if you put a capo on 5