N.C. Carry on my wayward son Thereʼll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Donʼt you cry no more D#m C# B C# Once I rose above the noise and confusion D#m C# B C# Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion G#m F# E E F# I was soaring ever higher G#m F# C# But I flew too high D#m C# B C# Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man D#m C# B C# Though my mind could think I still was a mad man G#m F# E E F# I hear the voices when Iʼm dreaming G#m F# C# I can hear them say D#m F# C# B Carry on my wayward son D#m F# C# Thereʼll be peace when you are done D#m F# C# B Lay your weary head to rest N.C. Donʼt you cry no more D#m C# B C# Masquerading as a man with a reason D#m C# B C# My charade is the event of the season G#m F# E E F# And if I claim to be a wise man G#m F# C# It surely means that I donʼt know D#m C# B C# On a stormy sea of moving emotion D#m C# B C# Tossed about Iʼm like a ship on the ocean G#m F# E E F# I set sail for winds of fortune G#m F# C# But I hear the voices say D#m F# C# B Carry on my wayward son D#m F# C# Thereʼll be peace when you are done D#m F# C# B Lay your weary head to rest N.C. Donʼt you cry no more D#m Carry on C# B You will always remember D#m Carry on C# B Nothing equals the splendor G#m F# E Now your lifeʼs no longer empty G#m F# C# Surely Heaven waits for you D#m F# C# B Carry on my wayward son D#m F# C# Thereʼll be peace when you are done D#m F# C# B Lay your weary head to rest N.C. Donʼt you cry no more
