I Reach For The Light chords by Raspberries

Chords with lyrics

"I Reach For The Light"
               (Eric Carmen)

Intro (solo piano):

	A minorAm  G6G6  Fmaj7Fmaj7 Bm7-5  E MajorE  Am/E  Dm/E  E7E7 [arpeggiate]
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	C majorC      /B   /A      D7/F#D7/F#   FaddG/G G7G7
	 I can't begin to count the ....

	piano arr. for guitar:

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

	bass:

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

	C majorC     /B    /A     D7/F#D7/F#     FaddG/G  G7G7
	 I lie awake, my lonely room ....
	Bm7-5  E7E7
	No one else

Chorus:

	         A minorAm     G6G6  Fmaj7Fmaj7
	I reach for the light, it ...
	 Bm7-5        E MajorE      Am/E Dm/E  E MajorE
	Reveals the bed that ...
	         A minorAm     G6G6  Fmaj7Fmaj7
	I reach for the light, it ....
	  Bm7-5         E MajorE       Am/E Dm/E  E MajorE
	And brings to ....

Verse 2:

	I tell myself I'm better off  no ....

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	    FF   E minorEm   DmDm    G7G7    C majorC  /B  /A  /G
	When I wish I could ....
	      FF    E minorEm    FF   DmDm    G7G7
	When you smiled at me and ....

[guitar solo over verse chords]

[repeat chorus; rit. at end]

Coda:

	[N.C.]
	    I reach for ....

	A minorAm  G6G6  Fmaj7Fmaj7 Bm7-5 E MajorE         Am/E    Dm/E     E MajorE
	(I reach for the light)
	            I tell myself I'm better .....

	[continue as above; fade]


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers