"I Reach For The Light"
(Eric Carmen)

Intro (solo piano):

Am   G6    Fmaj7 Bm7-5    E   Am/E   Dm/E    E7 [arpeggiate]
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

CC Piano Chord 
           /B      /A           D7/F#      FddG/G  G7G7 Piano Chord 

I can't begin to count the times I have been by myself

piano arr. for guitar:

FaddG/G         G7G7 Piano Chord 
                (C)
v       v       v       v
---------------------------------|---
---------------------------------|-1-
-------------------------------0-|---
-------------------------0-2-3---|---
-------------------0-2-3---------|---
-----------------3---------------|---

bass:

---------------------------------|---
-------------------------0-2-3-2-|---
-------------------0-2-3---------|-3-
-----------------3---------------|---

CC Piano Chord 
         /B       /A         D7/F#         FddG/G    G7G7 Piano Chord 

I lie awake, my lonely room tells me there's no one else
Bm7-5Bm7-5 Piano Chord 
   E7E7 Piano Chord 

No one else

Chorus:

AmAm Piano Chord 
         G6G6 Piano Chord 
   Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 

I reach for the light, it shines above my head
Bm7-5Bm7-5 Piano Chord 
                EE Piano Chord 
           Am/EAm/E Piano Chord 
  Dm/EDm/E Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

Reveals the bed that you're not in
AmAm Piano Chord 
         G6G6 Piano Chord 
    Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 

I reach for the light, it shines across the room
Bm7-5Bm7-5 Piano Chord 
                 EE Piano Chord 
             Am/EAm/E Piano Chord 
  Dm/EDm/E Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

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:

FF Piano Chord 
      EmEm Piano Chord 
      DmDm Piano Chord 
       G7G7 Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
    /B    /A   /G
When I wish I could forget how good you looked    tonight
FF Piano Chord 
       EmEm Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 
     DmDm Piano Chord 
        G7G7 Piano Chord 

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

AmAm Piano Chord 
   G6G6 Piano Chord 
   Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
 Bm7-5Bm7-5 Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
                 Am/EAm/E Piano Chord 
       Dm/EDm/E Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 

(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