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Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son tab

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-|

|---------------------------------------------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--------------------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---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|12-12-17-15-12-17-15-12-20-17—15—---------------12----|
|---------------------------------17-15-17-15-17----17-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|-----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-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 2 (2:35-2:48)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/k/kansas/9577.html ]
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--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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|----------------------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-|

|----------------------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-|


|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------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-|
|-----------------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-|


|17-15-14-12-7-10-7---------------0-3-|
|-------------------10-8-10-8-5-3-----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


|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-----|


|----------------------------------------|
|--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)

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--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)

|---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-----|


|14-14-12-------------------12----12-14-12----20-20-|
|---------14-14-12-10-12-10----14----------14-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


|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--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|15-13----15-13-----------------0-|
|------15-------11--1---1-3-1-3---|
|---------------------2-----------|
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