E|-4-----4------|-4-----4------|-2---------0-2---| B|---5-----5----|---5-----5----|---3---2h3-------| G|-----4-----4--|-----6-----6--|-----4-----------| D|--------------|--------------|-----------------| A|--------------|--------------|-----------------| E|--------------|-0------------|-0---------------| E|-4-------------| B|---5-----------| G|-----4---------| D|-------6-------| A|---------------| E|-0-------0-----| [Verse 1] E B A C#m7 B When I was a young man, I found an old dream E B A C#m7 B Was as battered and worn a one, as you have ever seen E B A C#m7 B And I made it some new wings, and I painted the nose E B A C#m7 A I wished so hard, up in the air, I ro-o-ose, singing [Chorus] E C#m7 D A E Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world E C#m7 D A E Carry me, carry me, carry me [Verse 2] E B A C#m7 B And I once loved a girl, she was younger than me E B Her parents kept her locked, up in their lives B A C#m7 B And she was crying, she was wishing she could be free E B Of course I mostly remember her laughing A C#m7 B Standing there and watching us play E B A C#m7 A For a while then, the music, would take her away and she'd be singing [Chrous] E C#m7 D A E Carry me, carry me, carry me, above this world E C#m7 D A E Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world [Verse 3] E B A Then there was my mother, she was lying in white sheets there A C#m7 B And she was waiting to die E B A She said if you just reach underneath this bed, and untie these weights A C#m7 B I could surely fly E B She's still smiling but she's tired A C#m7 B She'd like to hear that last bell ring E B A C#m7 A You know if she still could she would, stand up, she would sing [Chorus] E C#m7 D A E Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world E C#m7 D A D A D A E Carry me, carry me, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, ooh