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                        "I Reach For The Light"
                             (Eric Carmen)

Intro (solo piano):

	Am (x02210@1) G6 (320000@1)  Fmaj7Bm7-5 (1x3210@1)   E (022100@1) Am/E (x02210@1) Dm/E    E7[arpeggiate] (020130@1)	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

	C (x32010@1)         /B      /A           D7/F# (200212@1)    FaddG/G  G7 (320001@1)  I can't begin to count the times I have been by myself

	piano arr. for guitar:

	FaddG/G         G7 (320001@1)              (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 (x32010@1)       /B       /A         D7/F# (200212@1)       FaddG/G    G7 (320001@1)  I lie awake, my lonely room tells me there's no one else
	Bm7-5   E7 (020130@1)No one else

Chorus:

	                 Am (x02210@1)       G6 (320000@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)I reach for the light, it shines above my head
	  Bm7-5                E (022100@1)         Am/E (x02210@1)Dm/E   E (022100@1)Reveals the bed that you're not in
	                 Am (x02210@1)       G6 (320000@1)  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)I reach for the light, it shines across the room
	    Bm7-5                 E (022100@1)           Am/E (x02210@1)Dm/E   E (022100@1)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 (133211@1)    Em (022000@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)     G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)  /B    /A   /G
	When I wish I could forget how good you looked    tonight
	           F (133211@1)     Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)      G7 (320001@1)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.C.]
	       I reach for the light

	Am (x02210@1) G6 (320000@1) Fmaj7Bm7-5 (1x3210@1) E (022100@1)               Am/E (x02210@1)     Dm/E         E (022100@1)(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