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Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
(drums count in 1& &3 4)
Don't you cry no more
Riff 1: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures)
| 1 & 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 3 & triplet | 1 & 2 3 & | (x2)
A G A CKeysA [GorAgaDn]/eEleGctEriDc C1 singDleG notDesF#
Break down 1: (half time, octaves) (6 measures)
| 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x3)
E E E E A B D G D E
Riff 1 with SOLO: Electric 2 / bass riff (6 measures)
Keys organ single notes
Electric 1 solo
Break down 2: (half time, octaves 1 guitar very high) (4 measures)
| 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 triplet triplet | (x2)
E E E E A B D G D E
Tag: (half time) (3 measures)
All notes are different (you will have to pick them out)
Slow triplet x2 F (sustain for 2 measures)
Verse 1: (soft, only keys [piano] arpeggiated)
AmOnce I Grose above the Fnoise and Gconfusion
AmJust to Gget a glimpse Fbeyond this Gillusion
DmI was Csoaring ever Bbhigher Bb C
Dm C G (bass/drums in)
But I flew too high
AmThough my Geyes could see I Fstill was a Gblind man
AmThough my Gmind could think FI still was Ga mad man
DmI hear the Cvoices when I'm Bbdreaming
DmI can Chear them Gsay
Chorus 1:
AmCarry Con my Gwayward Fson, AmThere'll be Cpeace when Gyou are done
Am C G F F (hit and off) Riff 1
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
Verse 2: (soft, keys [piano] /bass/drums only)
AmMasqueGrading as a Fman with a Greason
AmMy chaGrade is the Fevent of the Gseason
DmAnd if I Cclaim to be a Bbwise man Bb C
DmIt surely Cmeans that I don't Gknow
AmOn a Gstormy sea of Fmoving Gemotion
AmTossed Gabout I'm like a Fship on the Gocean
DmI set Ca course for winds of Bbfortune Bb C
DmBut I Chear the voices Gsay
Chorus 2:
AmCarry Con my Gwayward Fson, AmThere'll be Cpeace when Gyou are done
Am C G F F (hit and off) 1 2 3 4*Drum hit
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more
Solo 1: (medium-soft, bass/drums/electrics only) (8 measures)
| 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & | 1 & 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & | x2
A A G A D C A A G A D
Solo 2: (1st time, keys [organ] solo, 2nd time, electric solo)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | x2
E E D C# B A G E G E E D C# B D F# G G# A
Riff 1
Bridge: (medium)
Am Am (mute)
Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 &
GYou will FalwayEs FreGmeAmbCer
Am Am (mute)
Carry on 1 2 & 3 & 4 &
GNothing Fequals EthFe GspAleCndor
DmNow your Clife's no longer Bbempty Bb C
DmSurely CHeaven waits for Gyou
Ending Chorus: (medium)
AmCarry Con my Gwayward Fson, AmThere'll be Cpeace when Gyou are done
Am C G F F (hit and off) Breakdown 2 vamp
Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more