A       A#      B       Bm      C#      D       D#      
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 O|||    |O||    ||OO    |OOO    ||||    OOO|    ||||   
 ||||    O|||    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |OO|   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    O|||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
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E       F       F#      F#m     G       G#      
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 |||O    O|||    ||O|    O|O|    |O|O    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    ||||    ||O|    |O|O   
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   
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[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