Carry On Wayward Son original guitar chords by
Kansas

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Key: A minor

Chorus 1

Carry on, my wayward son

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Interlude 1
Don't you cry no more
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Solo 1

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Verse 1
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Once I rose   above
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the noise    and confusion
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Just to get    a glimpse beyond     this illusion
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But I flew too high
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Though my eyes   could see,
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I still    was a blind man
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Though my mind   could think,
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I still    was a mad man
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I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
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I can hear them say

Chorus 2

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Carry on, my wayward son

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There'll be peace when you are done

Am

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F

Lay your weary head to rest

F

D5

C5

Don't you cry no

Interlude 2

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Masquerading as a man      with a reason
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My charade   is the event     of the season
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And if I claim to be a wise man, well
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It surely means that I don't know
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On a stormy sea of moving   emotion
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Tossed about,  I'm like a ship     on the ocean
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But I hear the voices say

Chorus 3

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Carry on, my wayward son

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G

There'll be peace when you are done

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F

Lay your weary head to rest

F

Don't you cry no more, no

Bridge 1
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Interlude 3

Am

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Verse 3

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Carry on, you will always remember

Am

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F

Carry on, nothing equals the splendor

Dm

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Bb

Now your life's no longer empty

Dm

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G

Surely heaven waits for you

Chorus 4

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F

Carry on, my wayward son

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G

There'll be peace when you are done

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Lay your weary head to rest

F

Don't you cry, don't you cry no

Outro 1
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No more
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