[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:
C A# C D# C A# C F G A# G F D# F A# F A
[Verse 1]
Cm A# G# A#
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Cm A# G# A#
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
Fm D# C# C# D#
I was soaring ever higher
Fm D# A#
But I flew too high
[drums join]
Cm A# G# A#
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Cm A# G# A#
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
Fm D# C#
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
Fm D# A#
I can hear them say
[Chorus]
Cm D# A# G#
Carry on my wayward son,
Cm D# A#
There'll be peace when you are done
Cm D# A# G#
Lay your weary head to rest,
G#
don't you cry no more
Riff:
C A# C D# C A# C F G A# G F D# F A# F A
[Verse 2]
Cm A# G# A#
Masquerading as a man with a reason
Cm A# G# A#
My charade is the event of the season
Fm D# C# C# D#
And if I claim to be a wise man
Fm D# A#
It surely means that I don't know
Cm A# G# A#
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Cm A# G# A#
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
Fm D# C# C# D#
I set a course for winds of fortune
Fm D# A#
But I hear the voices say
[Chorus]
Cm D# A# G#
Carry on my wayward son,
Cm D# A#
There'll be peace when you are done
Cm D# A# G#
Lay your weary head to rest,
G#
don't you cry no more
[Solo]
Riff:
C C A# C F D# C C A# C F
C C A# C F D# C C A# C F
G G F E D C A# G A# G G F E D F A A# B C
G G F E D C A# G A# G G F E D F A A# B C
Riff:
C A# C D# C A# C F G A# G F D# F A# F A
[Bridge]
Cm Cm
Carry on
A# G# G G# A# C D#
You will always remember
Cm Cm
Carry on
A# G# G G# A# C D#
Nothing equals the splendor
Fm D# C# C# D#
Now your life's no longer empty
Fm D# A#
Surely Heaven waits for you
[Chorus]
Cm D# A# G#
Carry on my wayward son,
Cm D# A#
There'll be peace when you are done
Cm D# A# G#
Lay your weary head to rest,
G#
don't you cry no more