I Reach For The Light Chords - Raspberries

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                        "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:

                 Am         G6   Fmaj7
I reach for the light, it shines above my head
  Bm7-5                E           Am/E  Dm/E   E
Reveals the bed that you're not in
                 Am         G6    Fmaj7
I reach for the light, it shines across 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
           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.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