{"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":2675016,"song":"Carry On Wayward Son","artist":"Kansas","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2675016-carry-on-wayward-son-chords-by-kansas/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2675016?type=chord","rating":4.59717,"votes":8,"content":"Note - Some of the chords are 1 beat like the 1st 4 beats in the 1st instrumental\r\n       A is 1 beat then c for 3 beats I left a bigger gap after the 2nd chord \r\n       so you can distinguish the difference \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nN.C.\r\nCarry on my wayward son\r\nThere'll be peace when you are done\r\nLay your weary head to rest\r\nDon't you cry no more\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n|[ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]   |[ch]Em[/ch]   |[ch]Em[/ch]   |[ch]Em[/ch]   |\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]   |[ch]Em[/ch]   |[ch]Em[/ch]   |[ch]Em[/ch]   |\r\n|[ch]A[/ch]   |[ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]Am[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]F[/ch]\r\n         Ahhhh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOnce I rose above the noise and confusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust to get a glimpse beyond this illusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was soaring ever higher[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I flew too high[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThough my eyes could see I still was a blind man[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough my mind could think I still was a mad man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI hear the voices when I'm dreaming[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI can hear them say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCarry on my wayward son[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere'll be peace when you are done[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLay your weary head to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't you cry no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n|[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMasquerading as a man with a reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy charade is the event of the season[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd if I claim to be a wise man, well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt surely means that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn a stormy sea of moving emotion[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI set a course for winds of fortune[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I hear the voices say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCarry on my wayward son[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere'll be peace when you are done[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLay your weary head to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't you cry no more[/tab]\r\n\r\nNo!\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo]\r\n|[ch]A[/ch]   |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]|[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]Am[/ch]   |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  |[ch]Am[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]D[/ch]  |  [ch]Bm[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]Am7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n|  [ch]C[/ch]   |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCarry on, you will always remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCarry on, nothing equals the splendor[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow your life's no longer empty[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut surely heaven waits for you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCarry on my wayward son[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere'll be peace when you are done[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLay your weary head to rest[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nDon't you cry\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n          Don't you cry no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo Outro]\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]F#m[/ch]  |[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] |  x3\r\n[tab]|[ch]F#m[/ch]  |[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n         No mo-----re[/tab]\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |[ch]Em[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]F#m[/ch]  |[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] |  x4\r\n|[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]F[/ch]","plain_text":"Note - Some of the chords are 1 beat like the 1st 4 beats in the 1st instrumental\n       A is 1 beat then c for 3 beats I left a bigger gap after the 2nd chord \n       so you can distinguish the difference \n\n[Chorus]\nN.C.\nCarry on my wayward son\nThere'll be peace when you are done\nLay your weary head to rest\nDon't you cry no more\n\n[Instrumental]\n|A C    |D   |G  D  |\n|A C    |D   G  |G  D  |\n|Em   |Em   |Em   |Em   |\n|Em   |Em   |Em   |Em   |\n|A   |D   |G  D  |Am  |D   |G  D  |\n|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n|D  G  |G  D  |D C    |D  |G  D  |\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nNo!\n\n[Guitar Solo]\n|A   |C  Am  |G  D  |D  |C  Am  |\n|C  Am  |D  |D  Em  |E  Bm7  A7|A  Em7  |Em7  G|\n|Am   |D  Am  |Am  |D  |D  A  |D  |C  |C  A  |\n|D  |  Bm  |G  Em  D|Dm  G  |Am7  |D  |G  D  |\n|  C   |D  G  |G  D  |Am\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nN.C.\nDon't you cry\n\n\n[Guitar Solo Outro]\n|Em  G  |E  Em  |\n|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |\n|F#m  |A  E |  x3\n\n|Em  E  |\n|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |\n|F#m  |A  E |  x4\n|Am  G  |F","chords":["A","C","D","G","Em","Am","F","Bb","Dm","E","Bm7","A7","Em7","Bm","Am7","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}