KANSAS - "carry on my wayward son" Tablature

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CARRY ON WAYWARD SON by KANSAS
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(N.C.)
Carry on my wayward ...

{riff} [clean distortion (if there is such a thing) effect]
e-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G-|--------------|--------------|--4--7--4-----|--------------|
D-|-----------5--|-----------7--|----------7-5-|--7-----7-----|
A-|--7--5--7-----|--7--5--7-----|--------------|-----5-----4--|
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
{repeat once each time played}

Em D C D
Once I rose above the ...
Em D C D
Just to get a glimpse ...
Am G F F G
I was soaring ...
Am G D
But I flew ...
Em D C D
Though my eyes could see ...
Em D C D
Though my mind could think ...
Am G F F G
I hear the voices ...
Am G D
I can hear ...

Em G D C
Carry on my ...
Em G D
There'll be peace when ...
Em G D C
Lay your weary ...
(N.C.)
Don't you cry ...

{riff}

Em D C D
Masquerading as a ...
Em D C D
My charade is the ...
Am G F F G
And if I claim to be ...
Am G D
It surely means ...
Em D C D
On a stormy sea of ...
Em D C D
Tossed about I'm like a ....
Am G F F G
I set sail for winds ...
Am G D
But I hear the ...

Em G D C
Carry on my ...
Em G D
There'll be peace ...
Em G D C
Lay your weary ...
(N.C.)
Don't you cry ...

{riff}

Em (mute)
Carry on
D C
You will ...
Em (mute)
Carry on
D C
Nothing equals ...
Am G F
Now your life's no ....
Am G D
Surely Heaven ...

Em G D C
Carry on my ..
Em G D
There'll be peace when ...
Em G D C
Lay your weary ...
(N.C.) Bm7
Don't you cry {vocal echo....

[Submitted by JP Leong at hleong@worldnet.att.net]

Note: This is based on Carry on Wayward Son music done in a possibly different key (taken from an SATB arrangement). The last time I heard the real song was a few months ago...

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