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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
                        "I Reach For The Light"
                             (Eric Carmen)
Intro (solo piano):
	   Am      G6   Fmaj7  Bm7-5       E     Am/E  Dm/    E   E7[arpeggiate]
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
Verse 1:
	           C/      B/           A        D7/F#FaddG/  G  G7  
	  I can't begin to count the times I have been by myself
	piano arr. for guitar:
	FaddG/         G                  G7(C)
	 v       v       v       v
	---------------------------------|---|
	---------------------------------|-1-|
	-------------------------------0-|---|
	-------------------------0-2-3---|---|
	-------------------0-2-3---------|---|
	-----------------3---------------|---|
	bass:
	---------------------------------|---|
	-------------------------0-2-3-2-|---|
	-------------------0-2-3---------|-3-|
	-----------------3---------------|---|
	         C/       B/         A           D7/F#FaddG/    G  G7  
	  I lie awake, my lonely room tells me there's no one else
	Bm7-5   E7  
	No one else
Chorus:
	I reach for the lAmight, it shG6ines Fmaj7above my head
	  Bm7-5                           E    Am/E  Dm/   E  E  
	Reveals the bed that you're not in
	I reach for the lAmight, it shG6ines aFmaj7cross the room
	    Bm7-5                              E    Am/E  Dm/   E  E  
	And brings to mind what might have been
Verse 2:
	I tell myself I'm better off   no one can hurt me now
	I see your crumpled photograph   it makes me laugh out loud
	Laugh out loud
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
	              F        Em         Dm          G7      C/    B/   A/G  
	When I wish I could forget how good you looked    tonight
	When you smFiled at Emme and waFlked aDmway with hG7im  (oh... oh, no!)
[guitar solo over verse chords]
[repeat chorus; rit. at end]
Coda:
	[N.C.]
	       I reach for the light
	   Am     G6   Fmaj7  Bm7-5                   E         Am/E  Dm/         E  E  
	(I  reach  for  the  light)
	                       I tell myself I'm better off, no one can hurt
					me now
	(I  reach  for  the  light)
			       I see your crumbled photograph, it makes me
	                             laugh out loud
	(I  reach  for  the  light)
	                       I lie awake, my lonely room   tells me there's
	                             no one else
	[continue as above; fade]
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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I Reach For The Light

by Raspberries

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Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Bm7

Am/E

D7/F#

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"I Reach For The Light"

(Eric Carmen)

Intro (solo piano):

Am G6 Fmaj7 Bm7 E Am/E Dm E E7

-5 / [arpeggiate]

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

C B A D7/F# G G7

/ / FaddG/

I can't begin to count the times I have been by myself

piano arr. for guitar:

G G7 C

FaddG/ ()

v v v v

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

---------------------------------|-1-|

-------------------------------0-|---|

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

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

-----------------3---------------|---|

bass:

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

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

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

-----------------3---------------|---|

C B A D7/F# G G7

/ / FaddG/

I lie awake, my lonely room tells me there's no one else

Bm7 E7

-5

No one else

Chorus:

Am G6 Fmaj7

I reach for the light, it shines above my head

Bm7 E Am/E Dm E E

-5 /

Reveals the bed that you're not in

Am G6 Fmaj7

I reach for the light, it shines across the room

Bm7 E Am/E Dm E E

-5 /

And brings to mind what might have been

Verse 2:

I tell myself I'm better off no one can hurt me now

I see your crumpled photograph it makes me laugh out loud

Laugh out loud

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

F Em Dm G7 C B A G

/ / /

When I wish I could forget how good you looked tonight

F Em F Dm G7

When you smiled at me and walked away with him (oh... oh, no!)

[guitar solo over verse chords]

[repeat chorus; rit. at end]

Coda:

[N..]

I reach for the light

Am G6 Fmaj7 Bm7 E Am/E Dm E E

-5 /

(I reach for the light)

I tell myself I'm better off, no one can hurt

me now

(I reach for the light)

I see your crumbled photograph, it makes me

laugh out loud

(I reach for the light)

I lie awake, my lonely room tells me there's

no one else

[continue as above; fade]

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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