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NOTES:
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||o---o|| Signifies a pair of repeat bars
||o---o||
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p = Pull off
R = Rest
/12 slide up, down
I noticed that this song was particularly hard to come by in any sort of
complete form (especially in bass tab). I threw down some tab for it. It should be correct,
but I did it from memory
without my bass being in front of me. Enjoy!
+----------------------|------------||----------|---------|-----------+
|---VOCAL INTRODUCTION-|----------6:||o---------|---------|-2-5-2-----|
|----------R-----------|-R-R-/12-8:||o-------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-|
+----------------------|------------||--5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------+
Intro:
+-----------||----------|--------------|---------|--------------|+
|----------o||o---------|-----5-7---5--|-----7-5-|-----5-7---5-o||
|-5---5----o||o-----7-7-|-5-7-----5----|---------|-5-7-----5---o||
+---3---2---||--0-0-----|--------------|-0-0-----|--------------|+
+|----------|---------|-----------|----------||---------|-------------+
||o---------|---------|-2-5-2-----|---------o||---------|-----5-7---5-|
||o-------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-|-5---5---o||-----7-7-|-5-7-----5---|
+|--5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------|---3---2--||-0-0-----|-------------+
Guitar Solo 1:
+----------------------|-------------|---------|
|-----7-5-----5-7---5--|-------------|---------|
|---------5-7-----5----|-------------|---------|
+-0-0------------------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-|----0----+
+----------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|---+
|4:---PIANO ONLY-------|-----------|---------|-----------|---|
|4:----(8 BARS)--------|-5-55-3-33-|-1--1-03-|-5-55-3-33-|---|
+----------------------+-----------|---------|-----------|-3-+
Verse 1:
+-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------+
|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|--0-023-32-|----------|-0-023-32-|----------|-0-023-32-|----------|
+-----------|-3-3-1-13-|----------|-3-3-1-13-|----------|-3-3-1-13-+
Chorus:
____________ ___________
|1. |2.
+-----------| +----------|
|-----------| |----------|
|-----------| |----------| (On 3 to OUTRO)
|--R---5-3--| |-----R----|
+|---------------|---------|-----------|----------|+
||o-6:-----------|---------|-2-5-2-----|---------o||
||o-8:---------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-|-5---5---o||
+|-------5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------|---3---2--|+
+|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------|+
|o-4:----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------5--o||
|o-4:----------------|-----------------|-5-53-31-103-|-5-53-3----o||
+|----5-53-31-13-013-|-5-53-31-13-013--|-------------|---------3--|+
Verse 2: (To CHORUS, 2)
+|----2p0---------|---------|---2p0---------|--------||------------+
||o-------2p0-----|---------|-------2p0-----|-------o||------------|
||o-0---------3p0-|---0-5-3-|-0---------3p0-|---0-5-o||---7-5-4-2--|
+|----------------|-3-------|---------------|-3------||-0----------+
Interlude (Guitar Solos 2 and 3):
+---------|-----------|------------|+
|-------5-|-----------|------------||
|-----5---|---7-5-4-2-|-5----------||
+-5-3-----|-0---------|---2-3-4-5--|+
+|---------------|---------|-----------|----------|+
||o-6:-----------|---------|-2-5-2-----|---------o||
||o-8:---------3-|-------5-|-------5-3-|-5---5---o||
+|-------5-3-5---|-5-3-5---|-----------|---3---2--|+
+----------------|---------------|------------------|------------|+
|4:--------------|---------------|------------------|---------5--||
|4:--------------|---------------|-5-55-3-33-1-1-3--|-5-55-3-3---||
+---55-3-1-1-3-3-|-55-3-1-1-3013-|------------------|----------3-|+
Bridge (Carry on - you will always, etc.): (To CHORUS, 3)
+-------------|--------------|---------|--------------+
|o-6:---------|-----5-7---5--|-----7-5-|-----5-7---5-o|
|o-8:-----7-7-|-5-7-----5----|---------|-5-7-----5---o|
+-----0-0-----|--------------|-0-0-----|--------------+
OUTRO 1:
+-------------------|--------------|+
|o------------------|-------------o||
|o-7-77p5---7-77p5--|-7-77p5--0---o||
+---------7-------7-|-------7---0--|+
OUTRO 2:
REPEAT OUTRO 1 and OUTRO 2, then:
+-------|-------|-----+
|-------|-------|-----|
|-------|-------|-----|
+-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-|--1--+
Thats all Folks
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Drew Average |
#1 by Drew Hamilton at Nov 24, 1976 at 12:02 AM EST |
| Hello all, A very long time ago a certain someone was on an interview and probably most of you on here are way to young to remember i know I am so old but hey life goes on. ANyway the guy ont eh interview (who is of course the singer) said this song was about the Vietnam War. Actually if you listen to the lyrics which all of you have and think about it deeply you can see the corilation ( i probably spelled that wrong) between the lyrics and a soldier fighting in the vietnam war. The whole song is about his emotions like a stormy sea, carry on and there will peace when you are done. Thats according to a very old interview by Kansas as to what it means. | |
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DR.BASS Average |
#2 by DR.BASS at Apr 17, 1980 at 4:10 AM EST |
| When I listened to this song recently, I noticed that it seems to have some Greek mythology in it. "I was soaring ever higher, But I flew too high" reminds me a lot of Icarus and Daedalus, Icarus's father. They were imprisoned, and to escape Daedalus built wings made of bird feathers and wax. He and Icarus escaped, but Icarus flew too high. He got too close to the sun; the wax melted and he plunged to his death into the sea (properly named the Icarean Sea). | |
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Sébastien Wanna Be |
#3 by Sébastien Nadeau-Lemyre at Apr 25, 1981 at 5:24 PM EST |
| I agree that the wayward son is a reference to the prodigal son. I'm just not sure where the son is supposed to carry on to. He could be supposed to carry on in his wayward life. Or he could be supposed to carry on in his journey back to his father (God). | |
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Jake Average |
#4 by Jake Tone at Oct 2, 1983 at 6:27 AM EST |
| The writer is very religious. It's all about "HIM" | |
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kyle Professional |
#5 by kyle mcdonough at Apr 19, 1989 at 9:05 PM EST |
| I agree with RPZQ's intertritation of it. | |
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Alan Average |
#6 by Alan Gunderson at Jun 25, 1994 at 12:28 AM EST |
| This is a little different than what everyone else has been say- but i first heard this song when I was going through a very emotionally trying adolescent stage. I see this song about a teenager who feels so much turmoil inside, but tries hide it. "Carry on my wayward son, They'll be peace when you are done. Lay your weary head to rest, Don't you cry no more " - the son is the teenager, who is wayward- either he is rebelling or just feels mixed up inside- the chorus is telling him to carry on bec at the end there will be peace- once he grows out of that stage he will be in better control of his feelings and feel at peace. "Once I rose above the noise and confusion, Just to get a glimpse beyond this illussion. I was soring ever higher, But I flew too high. " He tries to get out of his confusing feelings to see if he could see the world normally and live happily as it seems everyone else is doing. But he flew too high- he started thinking too much thus pushing him back into his depression and turmoil. "Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man. Though my mind could think I still was a mad man. I hear the voices when I'm dreaming, I can hear them say... " He can see and think and seems normal but inside he is a "mad man". "Masquerading as a man with a reason, My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know " He tries to be all cool and confident and is really popular- no one knows how he is feeling inside. If he acts so wise like he knows everything- a lot of teenagers think they know everything- but they really dont and are very inexperienced with life. "On a stormy sea of moving emotion Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean I set a course for winds of fortune But I hear the voices say... " This can either just be simply about the way hes feeling- confused and tossed around - or maybe "I set a course for winds of fortune"- he thought that by acting a certain way and all cool he would be happy but really he just keeps getting more miserable. Maybe hes involved with the wrong crowd, maybe hes into drugs. "Carrry on, you will always remember Carry on, nothing equals the splendor Now your life's no longer empty Surely heaven waits for you. " Talking about when he outgrows this stage- "nothing equals the splendor"- of being in your 20's and in control of your life- it feels like you have the whole world ahead of you- "surely heaven waits for you" | |
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Fuzz Musical Genius |
#7 by Fuzz at Jan 16, 1995 at 3:49 AM EST |
| Just to add more facts for fun: Once I rose above the noise and confusion, Just to get a glimpse beyond this illussion. ( Obviously fighting in the war) Masquerading as a man with a reason, My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know (Most of the men in the Vietnam war like my family members did not even know why they were there they did not agree with the war " Masquerading as a man with a reason" " The event of the season" the Vietnam war. Now your life's no longer empty Surely heaven waits for you ( Talking about dying there when you ahve completed your mission its time to go to heaven) I also like AStropix thought on it because there also is alot of Christian conotations. | |
