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