"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 .... 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 .... Bm7-5 E7 No one else Chorus: Am G6 Fmaj7 I reach for the light, it ... Bm7-5 E Am/E Dm/E E Reveals the bed that ... Am G6 Fmaj7 I reach for the light, it .... Bm7-5 E Am/E Dm/E E And brings to .... Verse 2: I tell myself I'm better off no .... [repeat chorus] Bridge: F Em Dm G7 C /B /A /G When I wish I could .... F Em F Dm G7 When you smiled at me and .... [guitar solo over verse chords] [repeat chorus; rit. at end] Coda: [N.C.] I reach for .... Am G6 Fmaj7 Bm7-5 E Am/E Dm/E E (I reach for the light) I tell myself I'm better ..... [continue as above; fade] -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers