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
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bass:
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-------------------0-2-3---------|-3-
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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