[Intro]
N.C.
Carry on my wayward son
N.C.
There'll be peace when you are done
N.C.
Lay your weary head to rest
N.C.
Don't you cry no more
 
 
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[Verse 1]
Em     D              C         D
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Em      D             C           D
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
Am    G            F     F G
I was soaring ever higher
Am    G        D
But I flew too high
Em        D                C           D
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Em        D                  C           D
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
Am         G               F      F G
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
Am    G         D
I can hear them say
 
 
[Chorus]
Em    G     D       C
Carry on my wayward son
Em          G          D
There'll be peace when you are done
Em       G     D       C
Lay your weary head to rest
N.C.
Don't you cry no more
 
 
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[Verse 2]
Em    D           C          D
Masquerading as a man with a reason
Em    D           C            D
My charade is the event of the season
Am       G             F       F G
And if I claim to be a wise man
Am        G                  D
It surely means that I don't know
Em   D             C       D
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Em      D                C           D
Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean
Am      G                   F     F G
I set a course for winds of fortune
Am    G               D
But I hear the voices say
 
 
[Chorus]
Em    G     D       C
Carry on my wayward son
Em          G          D
There'll be peace when you are done
Em       G     D       C
Lay your weary head to rest
N.C.
Don't you cry no more
 
 
(Instrumental)
 
 
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[Bridge]
Em N.C.
   Carry on
         D      C
You will always remember
Em N.C.
   Carry on
        D          C
Nothing equals the splendor
Am       G                F
Now your life's no longer empty
Am     G                D
Surely Heaven waits for you
 
 
[Chorus]
Em    G     D       C
Carry on my wayward son
Em          G          D
There'll be peace when you are done
Em       G     D       C
Lay your weary head to rest
N.C.                                         Bm7
Don't you cry {vocal echo: Don't you cry} no more