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Carry On My Wayward Son  by Kansas

Carry On My Wayward Son tab by Kansas (Ver. 2)

Guitar tabs

Band: Kansas
Song: Carry on Wayward Son
Album: The Best of Kansas
Tabbed by: O-52-A-50-R

Vocal Intro (0:00-0:18)

Guitar Intro (0:18-0:44)

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|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0----|
|------3---------------------3-----------|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-|
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|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0-------------|
|------3---------------------3------------7-7-----|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-—0-0-----|

|------------------5-3--------------------3-3-|
|------------------7-5--------------------5-5-|
|--------0---------------------0--------------|
|------0---0-2---------------0---0-2----------|
|--0-2---------7-7-------0-2----------7-7-----|
|0-------------0-0-----0--------------0-0-----|

|------------------5-3-|
|------------------7-5-|
|--------0-------------|
|------0---0-2---------|
|--0-2---------7-7-----|
|0-------------0-0-----|



Solo 1 (0:44-1:09)

Guitar 1 (Soloist)

|--0------------------|
|1---1----------------|
|------2-0------------|
|----------2-0--------|
|---------------3-0-3-|
|---------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------9-|
|--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-------|
|0---2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
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|12-12-17-15-12-17-15-12-20-17—15—---------------12----|
|---------------------------------17-15-17-15-17----17-|
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|-----5-3-0-----------0-------24-24------------------24-24-|
|5-5--------3-1-3-1-3---3----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------0---------------|
|----------------------------------------0---0-2-----------|
|------------------------------------0-2-------------------|
|-------------------------0-0------0-------------0-0-------|

|------------0-|
|1---1-3-1-3---|
|--2-----------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|



Guitar 2 (Ryhtym/Background)

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|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0----|
|------3---------------------3-----------|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-|

|---------------------------------------------3-3-|
|---------------------------------------------5-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0-------------|
|------3---------------------3------------7-7-----|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-—0-0-----|

|------------------5-3-|
|------------------7-5-|
|--------0-------------|
|------0---0-2---------|
|--0-2---------7-7-----|
|0-------------0-0-----|

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|------0---0-2-|
|3-0-3---3-----|



Vocals W/ Piano (1:09-1:24)

Guitar Joins Verse 1 (1:24-1:40)

|00------00----00-----00----------------|
|----1------1-----1------1—-------------|
|------2------4-----0------2------------|
|---------------------------  Repeat--| 2x
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

|1-----1-0------0---------1-3--1-----1-0-----0-------|
|--3-------1------3---1-3--------3-------1-----3-0---|
|----2--------0-----2--------------2-------0-------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (1:40-1:52)

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0-1-----0-1----0-1-----0-1-------------------------|
|2---------------------------  Repeat 4 and play 0-1-| twice
|------0--------------0-------------------------------|  on ending beat
|--------3-----0--------3-----------------------------|
|----------------3------------------------------------|



Build Up (1:52-2:05)

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|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0----|
|------3---------------------3-----------|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-|

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|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0----|
|------3---------------------3-----------|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-|

Verse 2 (2:05-2:35)

|00------00----00-----00----------------|
|----1------1-----1------1—-------------|
|------2------4-----0------2------------|
|---------------------------  Repeat--| 2x
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

|1-----1-0------0---------1-3--1-----1-0-----0-------|
|--3-------1------3---1-3--------3-------1-----3-0---|
|----2--------0-----2--------------2-------0-------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|00------00----00-----00----------------|
|----1------1-----1------1—-------------|
|------2------4-----0------2------------|
|---------------------------  Repeat--| 2x
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

|1-----1-0------0---------1-3--1-----1-0-----0-------|
|--3-------1------3---1-3--------3-------1-----3-0---|
|----2--------0-----2--------------2-------0-------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 2 (2:35-2:48)

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0-1-----0-1----0-1-----0-1-------------------------|
|2---------------------------  Repeat 4 and play 0-1-| twice
|------0--------------0-------------------------------|  on ending beat
|--------3-----0--------3-----------------------------|
|----------------3------------------------------------|

Solo 2 (2:48-3:45)

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|-2-0------------------3--2-|
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|0--------3-0-3-----0--1--0-|
|-----------------3----1----|

|----------------------1-|
|----------------------3-|
|-2-0------------------3-|
|-----2-0-------0------3-|
|0--------3-0-3-----0—-1-|
|-----------------3----1-|

|----------------------1--0-|
|----------------------3--1-|
|-2-0------------------3--2-|
|-----2-0-------0------3--2-|
|0--------3-0-3-----0--1--0-|
|-----------------3----1----|

|----------------------1-|
|----------------------3-|
|-2-0------------------3-|
|-----2-0-------0------3-|
|0--------3-0-3-----0—-1-|
|-----------------3----1-|

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|---------------0---------------------|
|-2-0---------0-----2-0-----0---------|
|-----4-2-0-------------4-2-----0-2-0-|
|0----------3-----0-----------3-------|

|----------------------1--0-|
|----------------------3--1-|
|-2-0------------------3--2-|
|-----2-0-------0------3--2-|
|0--------3-0-3-----0--1--0-|
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|-----2-0-------0------3-|
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|----------------------1--0-|
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|-2-0------------------3--2-|
|-----2-0-------0------3--2-|
|0--------3-0-3-----0--1--0-|
|-----------------3----1----|



|----------------------1-|
|----------------------3-|
|-2-0------------------3-|
|-----2-0-------0------3-|
|0--------3-0-3-----0—-1-|
|-----------------3----1-|

|17-15-14-12-7-10-7---------------0-3-|
|-------------------10-8-10-8-5-3-----|
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|0-5p3p0-3-0-5p3p0-----------------|
|------------------3-2-1-----------|
|------------------------4-3-2-1-0-|
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|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0----|
|------3---------------------3-----------|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-|

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|-----------------0-2-5-2-0----0----0----|
|------3---------------------3-----------|
|5-3-5---5-3-5-------------------3-----2-|



Pre-Chorus 3 (3:45-4:00)

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|7-7-5-3-------0-3-7-7-5-3-------0-3-|
|5-5-3-1-0-1-3-----5-5-3-1-0-1-3-----|

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|--1-3-----1-3-----------1-3-----1-3-----|
|--------------------0-------------------|
|0-----0-----------3---0-----0-------0---|
|--------3-----0---------------3---------|
|----------------3---------------------3-|

Chorus 3 (4:00-4:14)

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|--0-1-----0-1----0-1-----0-1-------------------------|
|2---------------------------  Repeat 4 and play 0-1-| twice
|------0--------------0-------------------------------|  on ending beat
|--------3-----0--------3-----------------------------|
|----------------3------------------------------------|







Solo 3 (4:14 - 4:43)

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|77------0-2--------77----|
|00----0------------00----|

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|--------0-------------|
|------0---0-2---------|
|--0-2---------7-7-----|
|0-------------0-0-----|

|------------------5-3-|
|------------------7-5-|
|--------0-------------|
|------0---0-2---------|
|--0-2---------7-7-----|
|0-------------0-0-----|

|14-14-12-------------------12----12-14-12----20-20-|
|---------14-14-12-10-12-10----14----------14-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
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|14h17p14-14-12----14-12------------------------0-0-----0-0-|
|---------------14-------14-10-7-----0-2-0-2-0-2-----0-2----|
|----------------------------------2------------------------|
|--------------------------------4--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 4 (4:43-5:23) (END)

|---33-----------------53-|
|---55-----------------75-|
|-------------0-----------|
|-----------0---0-2-------|
|77------0-2--------77----|
|00----0------------00----|

|------------------3-3-|
|------------------5-5-|
|--------0-------------|
|------0---0-2---------|
|--0-2---------7-7-----|
|0-------------0-0-----|

|------------------5-3-|
|------------------7-5-|
|--------0-------------|
|------0---0-2---------|
|--0-2---------7-7-----|
|0-------------0-0-----|

|--------------------------------9-12-9-------------20-14-|
|--------5p2h5p2h5p2-2-0---0-2/5--------12-10-12-10-------|
|6/2-4/6-----------------2--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
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|15-13----15-13-----------------0-|
|------15-------11--1---1-3-1-3---|
|---------------------2-----------|
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