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by Kansas



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]
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{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...