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