Chords for Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son LYRICS HQ
Tempo:
128.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
E
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.
[D]
[G] [D] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[E] [Em]
[A] [E] [Em]
[D] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[F#] [Am]
[D] [C] [G]
She made my [E] first.
[Em]
[E]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Em] Once I rose [F] above the [Em] noise and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] [G] I was sorry never [A#]
hired [B] to [C] do [G]
life.
[Am] [G] Though my eyes [F] could see I [G] still was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my life could flicker still was a [C] mad [Dm] man.
I hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
[C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, [D] don't you cry no [C]
[G] [F#m] [A] [C]
[D] [Em] [G] [F#m]
[Am] more.
[G] Masquerading [F] as a man [G] with no [Am] reason, [Em] my charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And [C] if I claim to [A#] be a wise man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know.
[Am] [Em] On the stormy [F] sea of moon [Am] devotion, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad course [A#] for winter fortune,
[Dm] [C] but I hear the [G] voices say.
[A] [C] Carry on [G] my wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F]
rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
Go!
[D] [C]
[G] [D] [Am]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [E]
[B] [D] Go!
[Dm] [Bm] [G] [C]
[D] [C]
[Am]
Go! [D] Go!
[C]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[B] [F#] [G#] [C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
[D] Carry [Em] [G]
[A] [D] on!
We [F] will all [Am] remember.
[D] Carry on!
[F] Nothing [C] equal to such [D] a [C] life
So [A#] long, you're empty
[D] [C] Soon they'll come and [D] wait for you
[A] [C] Carry on, [G] Hollywood [F] star
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] [C] But y'all ain't [G] really had [F] to, really
Don't you [G] cry
[E] [Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#]
[A] [E] [F#m]
[A] [E] [F#]
[A] [E] [C#]
[A] [E] [Em]
[D] [E]
[Em] [Em]
[Bm] [E]
[C#] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[F#] [A]
[Am] [G] [F]
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more.
[D]
[G] [D] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[E] [Em]
[A] [E] [Em]
[D] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[F#] [Am]
[D] [C] [G]
She made my [E] first.
[Em]
[E]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Em] Once I rose [F] above the [Em] noise and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
[Dm] [G] I was sorry never [A#]
hired [B] to [C] do [G]
life.
[Am] [G] Though my eyes [F] could see I [G] still was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my life could flicker still was a [C] mad [Dm] man.
I hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, [C] [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
[C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] son, [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, [D] don't you cry no [C]
[G] [F#m] [A] [C]
[D] [Em] [G] [F#m]
[Am] more.
[G] Masquerading [F] as a man [G] with no [Am] reason, [Em] my charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And [C] if I claim to [A#] be a wise man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know.
[Am] [Em] On the stormy [F] sea of moon [Am] devotion, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad course [A#] for winter fortune,
[Dm] [C] but I hear the [G] voices say.
[A] [C] Carry on [G] my wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F]
rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
Go!
[D] [C]
[G] [D] [Am]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [E]
[B] [D] Go!
[Dm] [Bm] [G] [C]
[D] [C]
[Am]
Go! [D] Go!
[C]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[B] [F#] [G#] [C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
[D] Carry [Em] [G]
[A] [D] on!
We [F] will all [Am] remember.
[D] Carry on!
[F] Nothing [C] equal to such [D] a [C] life
So [A#] long, you're empty
[D] [C] Soon they'll come and [D] wait for you
[A] [C] Carry on, [G] Hollywood [F] star
[A] [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] [C] But y'all ain't [G] really had [F] to, really
Don't you [G] cry
[E] [Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [F#]
[A] [E] [F#m]
[A] [E] [F#]
[A] [E] [C#]
[A] [E] [Em]
[D] [E]
[Em] [Em]
[Bm] [E]
[C#] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[F#] [A]
[Am] [G] [F]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
E
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G]
She made my [E] first.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Once I rose [F] above the [Em] noise and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
_ [Dm] [G] I was sorry never [A#] _
hired [B] to _ [C] _ do [G] _
life.
[Am] _ [G] Though my eyes [F] could see I [G] still was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my life could flicker still was a [C] mad [Dm] man.
I hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, _ [C] _ [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
_ _ _ [C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] son, _ [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, _ [D] don't you cry no [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
[Am] more.
_ [G] Masquerading [F] as a man [G] with no [Am] reason, [Em] my charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And [C] if I claim to [A#] be a wise man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know. _
[Am] _ [Em] On the stormy [F] sea of moon [Am] devotion, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad course [A#] for winter fortune, _
[Dm] _ [C] but I hear the [G] voices _ say.
[A] _ [C] Carry on [G] my wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F]
rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
Go! _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [D] Go! _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
Go! [D] Go!
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] Carry _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] on!
We [F] will all [Am] remember.
_ [D] Carry on!
[F] Nothing [C] equal to such [D] a [C] life
So [A#] long, you're empty _
[D] _ [C] Soon they'll come and [D] wait for you
[A] _ [C] Carry on, [G] Hollywood [F] star
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done _
[A] _ [C] But y'all ain't [G] really had [F] to, really
_ Don't you _ _ [G] cry
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G]
She made my [E] first.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Once I rose [F] above the [Em] noise and [Am] confusion, just [Em] to get a [F] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion.
_ [Dm] [G] I was sorry never [A#] _
hired [B] to _ [C] _ do [G] _
life.
[Am] _ [G] Though my eyes [F] could see I [G] still was a blind [Am] man.
[G] Though my life could flicker still was a [C] mad [Dm] man.
I hear the voices [A#] when I'm dreaming, _ [C] _ [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say.
_ _ _ [C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] son, _ [A] [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G]
head [F] to rest, _ [D] don't you cry no [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
[Am] more.
_ [G] Masquerading [F] as a man [G] with no [Am] reason, [Em] my charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season.
And [C] if I claim to [A#] be a wise man, [Dm] it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know. _
[Am] _ [Em] On the stormy [F] sea of moon [Am] devotion, [Em] tossed about [F] unlike a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean.
A [C] sad course [A#] for winter fortune, _
[Dm] _ [C] but I hear the [G] voices _ say.
[A] _ [C] Carry on [G] my wayward [A] son, [C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done.
[A] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F]
rest, [C] don't you cry no more.
Go! _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [D] Go! _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
Go! [D] Go!
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] Carry _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] on!
We [F] will all [Am] remember.
_ [D] Carry on!
[F] Nothing [C] equal to such [D] a [C] life
So [A#] long, you're empty _
[D] _ [C] Soon they'll come and [D] wait for you
[A] _ [C] Carry on, [G] Hollywood [F] star
[A] _ [C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done _
[A] _ [C] But y'all ain't [G] really had [F] to, really
_ Don't you _ _ [G] cry
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
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