Chords for Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son (live 1980)
Tempo:
126.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
E
C
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [Em] [D]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[E] [G] [A]
[C] [D] [G]
[Gbm] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [G]
[Am] I [Em] rose above [F] the noise and [Em] confusion just to get a [Dm] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm]
[C] I was soaring [Bb] ever higher [Dm]
[C] but I flew [G] too high
[Am]
Though [Em] my eyes could [F] see I still [Em] was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
[Dm] I hear the [C] voices when I'm [Bb] dreaming
[Dm] Oh I [C] can hear them [G] say
[Am] [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [Am] son
[C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[Am] [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F] rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more
[D] [G]
[Gb] [Am]
[D] [G] [Gb]
[Am] [G] Masquerading [F] as a man with [G] a [Am] reason
[G] My charade is [F] the event [G] of the season
[Dm] And [C] if I claim to be [Bb] a wise man
Well [D] it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know
[Am] [G] On a stormy [F] sea of moving [G]
emotion
[Am] [G] Lost around I'm [F] like a ship on [G] the ocean
[Dm] I [C] set a coast for winter [Bb] fortune yeah
[D] But [C] I hear the voices [G] say
[Am] Carry [C] on [G] my wayward son
[Am] There'll [C] be peace when [G] you are done
[E] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F]
rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more
[G] [A] [C]
[D] [D] [A]
[G] [A] [C]
[D]
[B] [A]
[Bm] [G] [Am]
[A] [C]
[D]
[A] [Am]
[A] [D]
[B] [D]
[A] [G] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [E] [G]
[A] Carry [F] on
If we're lost we'll be [G] found
[A] Carry [C] on
Hell can't equal this [G]
plunder
[Dm] [C] That's what [Bb] I'll be
[C]
[Dm] Surely [C] I'll be with [G]
you
[A] [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [C]
son
[A] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F]
rest
Don't you [Gb] cry
Don't you cry [E]
no more
[Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[A]
[E]
[Gbm] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [G] [Gbm] Thank [A] [E] [Gbm]
[A] [E] [Gbm] you
[A] [Gb] [A]
[E] [Am] [G]
[F] [Dm] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[E]
[B]
[A] [Gb]
all very much
We [F] love you Houston, you've been a [Bm] great crowd tonight
We hope to see you all next year
But for now, goodnight from Kansas
[Ab]
Somewhere [Cm] where the [Ab]
[Db] rainbows way [Bb] up [Cm]
high
[Db] [Dbm] There's [Ab] a land that [F] I heard [Bb] of [Eb] once in a [Ab] lullaby
[Eb] [Ab] Somewhere
[Cm] [Ab] [Db]
skies [Cm] are blue
[Db] [Dbm] And the [Eb]
dreams that [F] you dare [Bb] to dream really [Eb] do [Ab] come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
[Eb]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[E] [G] [A]
[C] [D] [G]
[Gbm] [E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[Am] [G]
[Am] I [Em] rose above [F] the noise and [Em] confusion just to get a [Dm] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm]
[C] I was soaring [Bb] ever higher [Dm]
[C] but I flew [G] too high
[Am]
Though [Em] my eyes could [F] see I still [Em] was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
[Dm] I hear the [C] voices when I'm [Bb] dreaming
[Dm] Oh I [C] can hear them [G] say
[Am] [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [Am] son
[C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[Am] [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F] rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more
[D] [G]
[Gb] [Am]
[D] [G] [Gb]
[Am] [G] Masquerading [F] as a man with [G] a [Am] reason
[G] My charade is [F] the event [G] of the season
[Dm] And [C] if I claim to be [Bb] a wise man
Well [D] it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know
[Am] [G] On a stormy [F] sea of moving [G]
emotion
[Am] [G] Lost around I'm [F] like a ship on [G] the ocean
[Dm] I [C] set a coast for winter [Bb] fortune yeah
[D] But [C] I hear the voices [G] say
[Am] Carry [C] on [G] my wayward son
[Am] There'll [C] be peace when [G] you are done
[E] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F]
rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more
[G] [A] [C]
[D] [D] [A]
[G] [A] [C]
[D]
[B] [A]
[Bm] [G] [Am]
[A] [C]
[D]
[A] [Am]
[A] [D]
[B] [D]
[A] [G] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [E] [G]
[A] Carry [F] on
If we're lost we'll be [G] found
[A] Carry [C] on
Hell can't equal this [G]
plunder
[Dm] [C] That's what [Bb] I'll be
[C]
[Dm] Surely [C] I'll be with [G]
you
[A] [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [C]
son
[A] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F]
rest
Don't you [Gb] cry
Don't you cry [E]
no more
[Em]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[A]
[E]
[Gbm] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [G] [Gbm] Thank [A] [E] [Gbm]
[A] [E] [Gbm] you
[A] [Gb] [A]
[E] [Am] [G]
[F] [Dm] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E]
[E]
[B]
[A] [Gb]
all very much
We [F] love you Houston, you've been a [Bm] great crowd tonight
We hope to see you all next year
But for now, goodnight from Kansas
[Ab]
Somewhere [Cm] where the [Ab]
[Db] rainbows way [Bb] up [Cm]
high
[Db] [Dbm] There's [Ab] a land that [F] I heard [Bb] of [Eb] once in a [Ab] lullaby
[Eb] [Ab] Somewhere
[Cm] [Ab] [Db]
skies [Cm] are blue
[Db] [Dbm] And the [Eb]
dreams that [F] you dare [Bb] to dream really [Eb] do [Ab] come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
[Eb]
Key:
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E
C
Em
Am
G
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C
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ [Em] rose above [F] the noise and [Em] confusion just to get a [Dm] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm] _
[C] I was soaring [Bb] ever higher _ [Dm] _
[C] but I flew [G] too _ high
[Am]
Though [Em] my eyes could [F] see I still [Em] was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
[Dm] I hear the [C] voices when I'm [Bb] dreaming
_ [Dm] Oh I [C] can hear them [G] say
_ [Am] _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [Am] son
[C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[Am] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F] _ rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] Masquerading [F] as a man with [G] a [Am] reason
[G] My charade is [F] the event [G] of the season
[Dm] And [C] if I claim to be [Bb] a wise man
Well [D] it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know _
_ [Am] _ [G] On a stormy [F] sea of moving [G]
emotion
[Am] _ [G] Lost around I'm [F] like a ship on [G] the ocean
[Dm] I [C] set a coast for winter [Bb] fortune yeah
[D] But [C] I hear the voices [G] _ say
_ [Am] Carry [C] on [G] my wayward son
[Am] There'll [C] be peace when [G] you are done
_ [E] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F] _
rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ Carry [F] on
If we're lost we'll be [G] found
_ [A] Carry [C] on
Hell can't equal this [G]
plunder
[Dm] _ [C] That's what [Bb] I'll be
[C] _
[Dm] Surely _ [C] I'll be with [G] _ _
you
[A] _ [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [C]
son
[A] _ There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F]
rest
_ Don't you [Gb] cry
Don't you cry [E]
no more
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gbm] _ Thank _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Gbm] you _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ all very much
We [F] love you Houston, you've been a [Bm] great crowd tonight
We hope to see you all next year
But for now, goodnight from Kansas _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
Somewhere _ [Cm] where _ the [Ab] _
[Db] rainbows way [Bb] _ up [Cm] _
_ high
[Db] _ _ _ [Dbm] There's [Ab] a land that [F] I heard [Bb] of [Eb] once in a [Ab] _ lullaby _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Somewhere _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
skies [Cm] are _ _ blue
_ [Db] _ [Dbm] And the [Eb] _
dreams that [F] you dare [Bb] to dream really [Eb] do _ [Ab] come true _
_ _ _ _ Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind _ _ me
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ [Em] rose above [F] the noise and [Em] confusion just to get a [Dm] glimpse beyond [Em] this illusion
[Dm] _
[C] I was soaring [Bb] ever higher _ [Dm] _
[C] but I flew [G] too _ high
[Am]
Though [Em] my eyes could [F] see I still [Em] was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
[Dm] I hear the [C] voices when I'm [Bb] dreaming
_ [Dm] Oh I [C] can hear them [G] say
_ [Am] _ [C] Carry on [G] my [F] wayward [Am] son
[C] There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[Am] _ [C] Lay your weary [G] head to [F] _ rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] Masquerading [F] as a man with [G] a [Am] reason
[G] My charade is [F] the event [G] of the season
[Dm] And [C] if I claim to be [Bb] a wise man
Well [D] it [C] surely means that I [G] don't know _
_ [Am] _ [G] On a stormy [F] sea of moving [G]
emotion
[Am] _ [G] Lost around I'm [F] like a ship on [G] the ocean
[Dm] I [C] set a coast for winter [Bb] fortune yeah
[D] But [C] I hear the voices [G] _ say
_ [Am] Carry [C] on [G] my wayward son
[Am] There'll [C] be peace when [G] you are done
_ [E] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F] _
rest
[Am] Don't you cry no more _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ Carry [F] on
If we're lost we'll be [G] found
_ [A] Carry [C] on
Hell can't equal this [G]
plunder
[Dm] _ [C] That's what [Bb] I'll be
[C] _
[Dm] Surely _ [C] I'll be with [G] _ _
you
[A] _ [C] Carry on my [G] wayward [C]
son
[A] _ There'll be peace [G] when you are done
[A] Lay [C] your weary [G] head to [F]
rest
_ Don't you [Gb] cry
Don't you cry [E]
no more
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gbm] _ Thank _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Gbm] you _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ all very much
We [F] love you Houston, you've been a [Bm] great crowd tonight
We hope to see you all next year
But for now, goodnight from Kansas _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
Somewhere _ [Cm] where _ the [Ab] _
[Db] rainbows way [Bb] _ up [Cm] _
_ high
[Db] _ _ _ [Dbm] There's [Ab] a land that [F] I heard [Bb] of [Eb] once in a [Ab] _ lullaby _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Somewhere _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
skies [Cm] are _ _ blue
_ [Db] _ [Dbm] And the [Eb] _
dreams that [F] you dare [Bb] to dream really [Eb] do _ [Ab] come true _
_ _ _ _ Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind _ _ me
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _