{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1839850,"song":"Carry On","artist":"K.Flay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11407149-carry-on-chords-by-k-flay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1839850?type=chord","rating":0.18003,"votes":0,"content":"[ch]Em[/ch] - 022000\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] - x02210\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch] - 032000 (usually the low e string is muted but she plays it differently}\r\n\r\nno capo\r\n\r\n[intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith each stroke of my pen i connect[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nreflect on what was learned, what was gained, what was left[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nof the shards of a lifetime[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ncapsized i was broken into fragments, scoured the cabinets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nfor the bottles that were hidden, were there messages you'd given me?[/tab]\r\ni'm your one and only legacy\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit's been six years since we last met[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ni no longer dream of you, the visions gone from my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nonce found in those brutally surreal scenes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhere your spirit lingers, i'm incapable of seeing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfurthermore i'm fairly doubtful that you are little more than dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\natoms now recycled in god i cannot trust, yet i must[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwhere is your faith when you need it?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ntell me, where is christ when you do not believe in angels or in demons?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nemaciated figure, my father his body ravaged but still we managed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nto make it many years before the liquor pulled the trigger[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                                 \r\ni'm stranded i haven't forgotten how i thought that i would cope once i was bigger[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nmy feet's my only carriage but i stumble as i tread[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\npages written in a book that you and i once read, they said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon i will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon i will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon i will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon i will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon i will be gone[/tab]\r\n                 \r\ncarry on carry on\r\n\r\n[verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  it's difficult to say exactly what i feel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nlost in some translation and there's scratches on the reel[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nof a black and white, a silent movie usually i'm the one to say the soundtracks flawed[/tab]\r\n\r\nbut in this case the melancholy draws me to the\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbackground of the photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ni hope it lasts this feeling that you're watching from above[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthat you know i dedicate the music to your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nguitar resonates with your doomed fate while i strum i contemplate[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ni was brought up amidst the vodka[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nit poisoned you and i was forced to watch my father slowly die over a toilet filled with puke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nalways afraid i'd wake up to your corpse[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nas a scared kid tried to keep my eyes from the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ndon't look down, in fact shut your eyelids entirely[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nthe knowledge that you'll never get to know me's got me crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  death signifies the loss of a fragile life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfor every moment that you miss, i send to what i hope is heaven your daughters kiss[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nwe cant speak, pray to no one in particular my wish will one day meet your cheek[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhold my head up high but i stumble as i tread[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nPages written in a book that you and i once read, they said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon you will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon you will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon you will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon you will be gone[/tab]\r\n                 \r\ncarry on carry on\r\n\r\n[verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nchanneling the memories that i wrote down in a notebook that i kept after your death[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nbereft, frightened that in a short time i would lose sight of the subtleties of our relationship[/tab]\r\n\r\nall the reminders\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe way your leather jacket smelled of cigarettes and booze[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ninhale the fragrance of an addict i was bound to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ni'm still your child[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ni'm still your child[/tab]\r\n   \r\nyou are my teacher\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ni learned how to be the person that you couldn't even though i care for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ni'm wary i will replicate the mistakes you made in youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat carried on, imprinted in my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ni am playing your guitar, do the chords transcend time and space?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nwasted potential i know it wasn't meant to end like this, with you lifeless[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nin an urn full of ashes, gashes that are reopened every time a word is spoken[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nfor you live and breathe within the parts of me deep down that are forever broken[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfather, rest in peace but i stumble as i tread[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\npages written in a book that you and i once read, they said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon we'll all be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon we'll all be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon we'll all be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nnot yet but soon we'll all be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncarry on carry on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[outro]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ngo forth and so on and so forth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ngo forth and so on and so forth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ngo forth and so on and so forth[/tab]\r\n\r\nstill i miss you\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ngo forth and so on and so forth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ngo forth and so on and so forth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ngo forth and so on and so forth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"Em - 022000\nAm - x02210\nCmaj7 - 032000 (usually the low e string is muted but she plays it differently}\n\nno capo\n\n[intro]\nEm Am Cmaj7 x2\n\n[verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\ni'm your one and only legacy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                 \ncarry on carry on\n\n[verse 2]\n\n\n\n\nbut in this case the melancholy draws me to the\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                 \ncarry on carry on\n\n[verse 3]\n\n\n\nall the reminders\n\n\n\n\n   \nyou are my teacher\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[outro]\n\n\n\n\nstill i miss you\n\n\n\n\nEm","chords":["Em","Am","Cmaj7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}