Chords for Carry on Wayward Son
Tempo:
128.45 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
C#
E
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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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.
[B] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [B]
[C#]
[D#] [D#m] [C#]
[D#] [D#m] [C#]
[D#] [D#m]
[D#] [D#m] [A#]
[B] [C#] [F#]
[C#] [B]
[C#]
[D#m]
[D#] [D#m]
[G#m] [F#] [E]
[G#m] [F#] Once I rose [E] above the [F#] noise and confusion, [G#m] just to get [E] a glimpse [F#] beyond this [C#] illusion.
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew [F#] too high.
[G#m] [F#] Though my eyes [E] could see, I still [F#] was a blind [G#m] man.
[F#] Though my mind [E] could think, I still was a [C#m] mad man.
I [B] hear the voices [A] when I'm dreaming, [C#m] [B] I can hear [F#] them [G#] say,
[B] Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [B] done.
Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, don't you [B] cry no more.
[D#m]
[C#] [B]
[D#m] [C#] [F#]
[G#m] [C#] Escalating [E] as a [F#] man is a [G#] reason, [B] charade [E] is the [F#] event of the [C#m] season.
[B] If I claim to [A] be a wise man, [C#m] it [B] surely means that [F#] I don't know.
[G#m] [F#] On the stormy [E] sea, a [F#] moving [G#m] emotion, [F#] tossed about I'm [E] like a [F#] ship on the [C#m] ocean.
I [B] set a course for [A] winds of fortune,
[C#m] [B] but I hear the [F#] voices [B] say,
Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your weary [F#] head [E] to rest, [C#m] don't you cry no more.
[G#]
[G#]
[C#] [G#m]
[D#] [G#]
Lay [C#] your weary head [D#]
to rest,
[G#]
[B]
[G#]
[B]
[G#] [C#] [D#]
don't you cry no more.
[D#m]
[D#]
[C#] [B]
[C#] [B] [C#]
[B] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
Carry on, [E] [G#]
carry on, [E] [C#m]
[B] I'm no [A] longer angry, [C#m]
[B] surely heaven [F#] waits for you.
[G#m]
Carry on [C#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, [G#m] don't you cry [D#] no more.
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
[B] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [B]
[C#]
[D#] [D#m] [C#]
[D#] [D#m] [C#]
[D#] [D#m]
[D#] [D#m] [A#]
[B] [C#] [F#]
[C#] [B]
[C#]
[D#m]
[D#] [D#m]
[G#m] [F#] [E]
[G#m] [F#] Once I rose [E] above the [F#] noise and confusion, [G#m] just to get [E] a glimpse [F#] beyond this [C#] illusion.
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew [F#] too high.
[G#m] [F#] Though my eyes [E] could see, I still [F#] was a blind [G#m] man.
[F#] Though my mind [E] could think, I still was a [C#m] mad man.
I [B] hear the voices [A] when I'm dreaming, [C#m] [B] I can hear [F#] them [G#] say,
[B] Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [B] done.
Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, don't you [B] cry no more.
[D#m]
[C#] [B]
[D#m] [C#] [F#]
[G#m] [C#] Escalating [E] as a [F#] man is a [G#] reason, [B] charade [E] is the [F#] event of the [C#m] season.
[B] If I claim to [A] be a wise man, [C#m] it [B] surely means that [F#] I don't know.
[G#m] [F#] On the stormy [E] sea, a [F#] moving [G#m] emotion, [F#] tossed about I'm [E] like a [F#] ship on the [C#m] ocean.
I [B] set a course for [A] winds of fortune,
[C#m] [B] but I hear the [F#] voices [B] say,
Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your weary [F#] head [E] to rest, [C#m] don't you cry no more.
[G#]
[G#]
[C#] [G#m]
[D#] [G#]
Lay [C#] your weary head [D#]
to rest,
[G#]
[B]
[G#]
[B]
[G#] [C#] [D#]
don't you cry no more.
[D#m]
[D#]
[C#] [B]
[C#] [B] [C#]
[B] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
Carry on, [E] [G#]
carry on, [E] [C#m]
[B] I'm no [A] longer angry, [C#m]
[B] surely heaven [F#] waits for you.
[G#m]
Carry on [C#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, [G#m] don't you cry [D#] no more.
Key:
F#
B
C#
E
G#m
F#
B
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.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] Once I rose [E] above the [F#] noise and confusion, [G#m] just to get [E] a glimpse [F#] beyond this [C#] illusion.
I was soaring ever higher, _ _ but I flew [F#] too _ high.
[G#m] _ [F#] Though my eyes [E] could see, I still [F#] was a blind [G#m] man.
[F#] Though my mind [E] could think, I still was a [C#m] mad man.
I [B] hear the voices [A] when I'm dreaming, [C#m] _ [B] I can hear [F#] them _ _ [G#] say,
[B] Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [B] done.
Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, don't you [B] cry no _ more.
_ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [C#] Escalating [E] as a [F#] man is a [G#] reason, _ [B] charade [E] is the [F#] event of the [C#m] season.
[B] If I claim to [A] be a wise man, [C#m] it [B] surely means that [F#] I don't know.
[G#m] _ [F#] On the stormy [E] sea, a [F#] moving [G#m] emotion, [F#] tossed about I'm [E] like a [F#] ship on the [C#m] ocean.
I [B] set a course for [A] winds of fortune, _
[C#m] _ [B] but I hear the [F#] voices _ _ [B] say,
Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your weary [F#] head [E] to rest, [C#m] don't you cry no more.
_ [G#] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
Lay [C#] your _ weary head [D#] _
to rest, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D#] _ _
_ don't _ _ _ _ _ you cry no more.
[D#m] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _
Carry on, [E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
carry on, [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] I'm no [A] longer _ angry, [C#m] _
[B] surely heaven [F#] waits for you.
_ [G#m] _
Carry on [C#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, [G#m] don't you _ cry _ [D#] no _ more. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Lay your weary head to _ rest, don't you cry no _ more.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] Once I rose [E] above the [F#] noise and confusion, [G#m] just to get [E] a glimpse [F#] beyond this [C#] illusion.
I was soaring ever higher, _ _ but I flew [F#] too _ high.
[G#m] _ [F#] Though my eyes [E] could see, I still [F#] was a blind [G#m] man.
[F#] Though my mind [E] could think, I still was a [C#m] mad man.
I [B] hear the voices [A] when I'm dreaming, [C#m] _ [B] I can hear [F#] them _ _ [G#] say,
[B] Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [B] done.
Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, don't you [B] cry no _ more.
_ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [C#] Escalating [E] as a [F#] man is a [G#] reason, _ [B] charade [E] is the [F#] event of the [C#m] season.
[B] If I claim to [A] be a wise man, [C#m] it [B] surely means that [F#] I don't know.
[G#m] _ [F#] On the stormy [E] sea, a [F#] moving [G#m] emotion, [F#] tossed about I'm [E] like a [F#] ship on the [C#m] ocean.
I [B] set a course for [A] winds of fortune, _
[C#m] _ [B] but I hear the [F#] voices _ _ [B] say,
Carry on [F#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your weary [F#] head [E] to rest, [C#m] don't you cry no more.
_ [G#] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
Lay [C#] your _ weary head [D#] _
to rest, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D#] _ _
_ don't _ _ _ _ _ you cry no more.
[D#m] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _
Carry on, [E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
carry on, [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] I'm no [A] longer _ angry, [C#m] _
[B] surely heaven [F#] waits for you.
_ [G#m] _
Carry on [C#] my [E] wayward [G#m] son, [B] there'll be peace [F#] when you are [G#m] done.
[B] Lay your [F#] weary head [E] to rest, [G#m] don't you _ cry _ [D#] no _ more. _ _ _ _ _ _
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