Gm      Bb             Eb
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Gm      Bb            Eb
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
Cm     Eb           Ab
I was soaring ever higher
Cm      Eb       F
Then I flew too high

Gm         Bb             Eb
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Gm         Bb             Eb
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
Cm     Eb                Ab
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
Cm      Eb       F
I can hear them say


[Chorus]
Gm    Bb     Ebmaj7
Carry on my wayward son
Gm          Bb                 Eb
There'll be peace when you are done

Gm        Bb     Ebmaj7
Lay your weary head to rest
Gm (hold it out)
Don't you cry no more


[Verse 2]
Gm                Eb
Masquerading as a man with a reason
   Gm             Ebmaj7
My charade is the event of the season
Cm       Eb            Abmaj7
And if I claim to be a wise man
Cm        Eb                 F
It surely means that I don't know
Gm                  Eb
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Gm                       Eb
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
 Cm                Eb       Abmaj7
I set a course for winds of fortune
Cm     Eb             F
But I hear the voices say


[Chorus]
Gm    Bb     Ebmaj7
Carry on my wayward son
Gm          Bb                 Eb
There'll be peace when you are done

Gm        Bb     Ebmaj7
Lay your weary head to rest
Cm (hold it out)
Don't you cry no more
  Gm Bb Ebmaj7
no more


[Verse 3]
Cm             Eb         Ab
Now your life's no longer empty
Cm                          F
But surely heaven waits for you


[Chorus]
Gm    Bb     Ebmaj7
Carry on my wayward son
Gm          Bb                 Eb
There'll be peace when you are done

Gm        Bb     Ebmaj7
Lay your weary head to rest
Gm (hold it out)
Don't you cry no more