A       Am      B       C       C#      D       D#      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    OOO|    ||||    |||O   
 O|||    O|||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    OOO|    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    |O||    |||O    ||||    ||||    |OO|   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

E       Em      F       F#      G       G#      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 O|||    ||||    ||O|    |O|O    ||||    ||||   
 |||O    |||O    O|||    ||O|    |O|O    ||||   
 ||||    ||O|    ||||    O|||    ||O|    |O|O   
 |O||    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[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 D E G   E D E A   B D B A G     A D   A C#


[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

[drums join]

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
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,
C
don't you cry no more


Riff:
E D E G   E D E A   B D B A G     A D   A C#


[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,
C
don't you cry no more


[Solo]
Riff:
E E       D   E   A   G   E E       D   E   A
E E       D   E   A   G   E E       D   E   A

B B   A   G#  F#   E   D   B   D    B B   A   G#  F# A C#  D   D#  E
B B   A   G#  F#   E   D   B   D    B B   A   G#  F# A C#  D   D#  E

Riff:
E D E G   E D E A   B D B A G     A D   A C#


[Bridge]
Em Em
Carry on
D        C    B C D E G
You will always remember
Em Em
Carry on
D        C      B C D E G
Nothing  equals the splendor

Am       G                F     F G
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,
C
don't you cry no more