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I Reach For The Light

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