RASPBERRIES - "i reach for the light" Tablature

"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
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---------------------------------|-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