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