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Kansas  - Carry On My Wayward Son

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Guitar6String  Tabwww.ultimate-guitar.com2011/02/11 09:52:05

here it goes.  It sucks and anyone could figure it out.
But there were no others on the site so here it is.

Tuning: E B G D A E (standard)

(N.C.)
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Riff 1:   (intro)

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5---------------------|
A|-------3~--------5~--5/7---7p5-3--5----5-------|
E|-5-3-5-----5-3-5--------------------3~---2~----|
        X2

Riff 2:
     
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------12-12~-----------------------14-12~-|
D|--2-2----12-12~----------5------2-2---14-12~-|
A|--2-2------------------5---5h7--2-2----------|
E|--0-0--------------5h7----------0-0----------|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------5------------------------------------|
A|------5---5h7--------------------------------|
E|--5h7----------------------------------------|
      X2

Solo 1:

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--5~---7b9-5-----------------------------------|
D|--5~-----------7p5-----------------------------|
A|-------------------7p5---5b6r5b6r5-------------|
E|-----------------------8-----------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----10p7p5-10p7p5-10p7p5-10p7p5-10p7p5-10p7p5-|
A|--10-------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------17p15----17p15---20p17p15-----|
B|--------15b17-17-------17------17--------------|
G|-/17-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-17p15-----------------------------------------|
B|-------17-15----15b17r15b17r15-----------------|
G|-------------17---------------------14p12------|
D|---------------------------------14-------14---|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-14p12-----------------------------------------|
D|-------14-14p12p10-12-10~----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|------22b24-22b24------------------22b24-22b24|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------12-12~-----------------------14-12~--|
D|--2-2----12-12~----------5------2-2---14-12~--|
A|--2-2------------------5---5h7--2-2-----------|
E|--0-0--------------5h7----------0-0-----------|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------5------------------------------------|
A|------5---5h7--------------------------------|
E|--5h7----------------------------------------|


------------------------------OR------------------------------------

Here is another little way I play it with basic chords.


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

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

{riff}

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 sail for winds of fortune
Am    G               D
But I hear the voices say

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

{riff}

Em (mute)
Carry on
         D      C
You will always remember
Em (mute)
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

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 


Ok, so its missing alot.  Tell me something I dont already know.
I kind of grew tired of sitting here all day writing this.
Rock long, Rock hard, Rock on