Chords for Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son (Bass backing track)
Tempo:
127.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
E
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Carry on my word son, there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
[Am]
[D] [G] [A]
[C] [A] [C]
[G] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[C]
[D] [A] [Gb]
[Am] [D] [C]
[D] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am]
[F]
[Am] Once [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and confusion
[Am] [Em] Just to get [F] a glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm] I [C] was soaring ever [Bb]
higher, [Dm] but [C] I flew too [G]
high
[Am] Though [Em] my eyes could see [F] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man
Though [Em] my mind could think [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man
I hear [C] the voices [Bb] when I'm dreaming, [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say
[A] [C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] [A] son, [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F] rest, don't [Am] you cry no more
[D] [G]
[Gbm] [Am] [D]
[G] [Am]
[Em] Masquerading [F] as a man [Em] with no [Am] reason
[Em] High charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season
[C] If I claim to [Bb] be a wise man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know
[Am]
[Em] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving [Am] devotion
[Em] Just about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean
A [C] sailing course for [Bb] winds of fortune
[Dm]
[C] But I hear the [G] voices say
[A]
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [E]
[C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[E]
[C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, don't you cry no more
[C]
[Ab]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A]
[E]
It's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [Ab] [A]
[A] [C] it's me, it's me, it's me, [E]
[C]
[E]
it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me,
[Am]
[D] [G] [D]
[Am] [D] [Ab]
[G] [Gbm] [A]
it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [D]
[F] it's [D] [C] me, [Bb] it's me, [Dm] it's me, [C]
[G] [E] [C]
[G] [C] it's me, [A] [C]
it's me, [G] it's [A] me,
[G] it's me, [F] it's me,
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E]
[Ab] [E]
[Gbm] [A]
[E] [Gbm] [Gb]
[A]
[E] [Em] it's
[E] [Em] [E]
[Em]
[Em] [Eb]
[Gb] me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [Gbm] it's me,
[E] [A]
[Gb]
[Am]
[G] [F]
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
[Am]
[D] [G] [A]
[C] [A] [C]
[G] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[C]
[D] [A] [Gb]
[Am] [D] [C]
[D] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am]
[F]
[Am] Once [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and confusion
[Am] [Em] Just to get [F] a glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm] I [C] was soaring ever [Bb]
higher, [Dm] but [C] I flew too [G]
high
[Am] Though [Em] my eyes could see [F] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man
Though [Em] my mind could think [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man
I hear [C] the voices [Bb] when I'm dreaming, [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them say
[A] [C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] [A] son, [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F] rest, don't [Am] you cry no more
[D] [G]
[Gbm] [Am] [D]
[G] [Am]
[Em] Masquerading [F] as a man [Em] with no [Am] reason
[Em] High charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season
[C] If I claim to [Bb] be a wise man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know
[Am]
[Em] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving [Am] devotion
[Em] Just about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean
A [C] sailing course for [Bb] winds of fortune
[Dm]
[C] But I hear the [G] voices say
[A]
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [E]
[C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[E]
[C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, don't you cry no more
[C]
[Ab]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A]
[E]
It's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [Ab] [A]
[A] [C] it's me, it's me, it's me, [E]
[C]
[E]
it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me,
[Am]
[D] [G] [D]
[Am] [D] [Ab]
[G] [Gbm] [A]
it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [D]
[F] it's [D] [C] me, [Bb] it's me, [Dm] it's me, [C]
[G] [E] [C]
[G] [C] it's me, [A] [C]
it's me, [G] it's [A] me,
[G] it's me, [F] it's me,
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E]
[Ab] [E]
[Gbm] [A]
[E] [Gbm] [Gb]
[A]
[E] [Em] it's
[E] [Em] [E]
[Em]
[Em] [Eb]
[Gb] me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [Gbm] it's me,
[E] [A]
[Gb]
[Am]
[G] [F]
Key:
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C
Em
E
Am
G
C
Em
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_ Carry on my word son, _ there'll be peace when you are done
_ Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Once [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and confusion
[Am] _ [Em] Just to get [F] a glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm] I [C] was soaring ever [Bb]
higher, _ _ [Dm] but [C] I flew too [G] _
high
_ [Am] Though [Em] my eyes could see [F] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man
Though [Em] my mind could think [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man
I hear [C] the voices [Bb] when I'm dreaming, _ _ [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them _ say
[A] _ [C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] _ [A] son, [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F] rest, don't [Am] you cry no more
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] Masquerading [F] as a man [Em] with no [Am] reason
[Em] High charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season
[C] If I claim to [Bb] be a wise man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know
_ [Am] _
[Em] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving [Am] devotion
[Em] Just about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean
A [C] sailing course for [Bb] winds of fortune
_ [Dm] _
[C] But I hear the [G] voices _ say
[A] _
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [E] _
[C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[E] _
[C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, don't you cry no more
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
It's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ it's me, it's me, it's me, _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [D] _
_ [F] _ it's _ [D] _ [C] me, _ [Bb] _ it's me, [Dm] it's me, _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [C] it's me, [A] _ _ [C]
it's me, [G] _ it's _ [A] me, _
_ [G] it's me, [F] it's me, _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] it's _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [Gbm] it's me,
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Carry on my word son, _ there'll be peace when you are done
_ Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Once [Em] I rose above [F] the noise [Em] and confusion
[Am] _ [Em] Just to get [F] a glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm] I [C] was soaring ever [Bb]
higher, _ _ [Dm] but [C] I flew too [G] _
high
_ [Am] Though [Em] my eyes could see [F] I still was [G] a blind [Am] man
Though [Em] my mind could think [F] I still [G] was a mad [Dm] man
I hear [C] the voices [Bb] when I'm dreaming, _ _ [Dm] I [C] can hear [G] them _ say
[A] _ [C] Carry on my [G]
wayward [F] _ [A] son, [C] there'll be peace when [G] you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F] rest, don't [Am] you cry no more
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] Masquerading [F] as a man [Em] with no [Am] reason
[Em] High charade is [F] the event [G] of the [Dm] season
[C] If I claim to [Bb] be a wise man, [Dm] well, it [C] surely means that [G] I don't know
_ [Am] _
[Em] On the stormy [F] sea of [G] moving [Am] devotion
[Em] Just about I'm [F] like a ship [G] on the [Dm] ocean
A [C] sailing course for [Bb] winds of fortune
_ [Dm] _
[C] But I hear the [G] voices _ say
[A] _
[C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward son, [E] _
[C] there'll be peace [G] when you are done
[E] _
[C] Lay your weary [G] head [F] to rest, don't you cry no more
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
It's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ it's me, it's me, it's me, _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [D] _
_ [F] _ it's _ [D] _ [C] me, _ [Bb] _ it's me, [Dm] it's me, _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [C] it's me, [A] _ _ [C]
it's me, [G] _ it's _ [A] me, _
_ [G] it's me, [F] it's me, _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ [E] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [Em] it's _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, [Gbm] it's me,
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