Tom: G
G Bm Am
You have asked me why the days fly by so quickly,
Am7 D G
And why each one feels no different from the last.
Em Am
And you say that you are fearful of the future,
Em A7 D D7
And you have grown suspicious of the past.
G Bm Am
And you wonder if the dreams we shared together
Am7 C D Em
Have abandoned us, or we abandoned them.
C D G
And you cast about and try to find new meaning,
Em A7 D
So that you can feel that closeness one again.
Am7 D
Carry on my sweet survivor,
G Em
Carry on my lonely friend.
Am7 D
Don't give up on the dream,
C D G
And don't you let it end.
Am7 D
Carry on my sweet survivor,
G Am
Though you know that something's gone,
Am7 D
For everything that matters,
G
Carry on.
G Bm Am
You remember when you felt each person mattered,
Am7 D G
That we all had to care, or all was lost.
Em Am
But now you see believers turned to cynics,
Em A7 D D7
And you wonder was the struggle worth the cost.
G Bm Am
And you see someone too young to know the difference,
Am7 D G
And the veil of isolation in their eyes.
Em Am
And inside you know you've got to leave them something,
Em A7 D D7
Or the hope for something better slowly dies.
Am7 D
Carry on my sweet survivor,
G Em
Carry on my lonely friend.
Am7 D
Don't give up on the dream,
C D G
And don't you let it end.
Am7 D
Carry on my sweet survivor,
G Am
Though you know that something's gone,
Am7 D
For everything that matters,
Em
Carry on.
Am7 D
Carry on my sweet survivor,
G Em
Carry on my lonely friend.
Am7 D
Don't give up on the dream,
C D G
And don't you let it end.
Am7 D
Carry on my sweet survivor,
G Am
You've carried it so long,
Am7 D
So it may come again,
Em
Carry on.
Em Em
Carry on, carry on.