Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest (drums count in 1& &3 4) Don't you cry no more Riff 1: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures) | 1 & 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 3 & triplet | 1 & 2 3 & | (x2) Keys [organ]/electric 1 single notes Break down 1: (half time, octaves) (6 measures) | 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x3) Riff 1 with SOLO: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures) Keys organ single notes Electric 1 solo Break down 2: (half time, octaves 1 guitar very high) (4 measures) | 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x2) Tag: (half time) (3 measures) All notes are different (you will have to pick them out) Slow triplet x2 F (sustain for 2 measures) Verse 1: (soft, only keys [piano] arpeggiated) Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher (bass/drums in) But I flew too high Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Though my mind could think I still was a mad man I hear the voices when I'm dreaming I can hear them say Chorus 1: Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done (hit and off) Riff 1 Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more Verse 2: (soft, keys [piano] /bass/drums only) Masquerading as a man with a reason My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man It surely means that I don't know On a stormy sea of moving emotion Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean I set a course for winds of fortune But I hear the voices say Chorus 2: Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) 1 2 3 4*Drum hit Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more Solo 1: (medium-soft, bass/drums/electrics only) (8 measures) | 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & | 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & | x2 Solo 2: (1st time, keys [organ] solo, 2nd time, electric solo) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | x2 Riff 1 Bridge: (medium) (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & You will always remember (mute) Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 & Nothing equals the splendor Now your life's no longer empty Surely Heaven waits for you Ending Chorus: (medium) Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done Am C G F F (hit and off) Breakdown 2 vamp Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more