#----------------------------------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 (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