"I Reach For The Light" (Eric Carmen) Intro (solo piano): -5 / [arpeggiate] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Verse 1: / / FaddG/ I can't begin to count the times I have been by myself piano arr. for guitar: FaddG/ () v v v v ---------------------------------|---| ---------------------------------|-1-| -------------------------------0-|---| -------------------------0-2-3---|---| -------------------0-2-3---------|---| -----------------3---------------|---| bass: ---------------------------------|---| -------------------------0-2-3-2-|---| -------------------0-2-3---------|-3-| -----------------3---------------|---| / / FaddG/ I lie awake, my lonely room tells me there's no one else -5 No one else Chorus: I reach for the light, it shines above my head -5 / Reveals the bed that you're not in I reach for the light, it shines across the room -5 / 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: / / / When I wish I could forget how good you looked tonight 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..] I reach for the light -5 / (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