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