CARRY ON WAYWARD SON by KANSAS Lyrics, Chords, and that awesome riff! (N.C.) Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more {riff} [clean distortion (if there is such a thing) effect] e-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| B-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| G-|--------------|--------------|--4--7--4-----|--------------| D-|-----------5--|-----------7--|----------7-5-|--7-----7-----| A-|--7--5--7-----|--7--5--7-----|--------------|-----5-----4--| E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| {repeat once each time played} Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher 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 Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Don't you cry no more {riff} 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 sail for winds of fortune But I hear the voices say Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest (N.C.) Don't you cry no more {riff} (mute) Carry on You will always remember (mute) Carry on Nothing equals the splendor Now your life's no longer empty Surely Heaven waits for you Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest (N..) Don't you cry {vocal echo: Don't you cry} no more Note: This is based on Carry on Wayward Son music done in a possibly different key (taken from an SATB The last time I heard the real song was a few months ago...