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TIME IN A BOTTLE- Jim Croce

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then again
I would spend them with you

CHORUS:
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know that
You're the one I want to go through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you ...CHORUS

VERSE:
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        Time in a Bottle        * Jim Croce *

transcribed by Thomas Roller and learned from Byon-Ki Kang

   Intro
E----10--10--10--9--9--9--8--8--8-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6--5-7-9-12-10-9
H--10--10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-5-6-8-6-5--------------
G--------------------------------------------------6-7-9-12-10-9
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
     Bridge 1            |  Bridge 2                |  Bridge 3
E--6-5-3-5-7-9-12-10-9---|--5--7--9--5~6--5--3--0---|-----------
H------------------------|--------------------------|--2--3--5--
G--7-6-3-6-7-9-12-10-9---|--6--7--9-------6--3--2---|-----------
D------------------------|--------------------------|-----------
A------------------------|--------------------------|--0--2--4--
E------------------------|--------------------------|-----------


Verse 1
  Dm       Dm*        Dm7     G#
If I could save time in a bottle
    G*               Bridge 1
The first thing that I'd like to do
  Dm       Dm7       G#            G~     Dm#
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
        G~           Bridge 2
Just to spend them with you.

Verse 2


If I could make days last forever,
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then again
I would spend them with you.


Chorus
          D#             D*
But there never seems to be enough time
   B#                  D                 **     ##  ~~ Bridge 3
To do the things you want to do once you find them.
I've looked around enough to know that
your the one I want to go through time with.


Intro


Verse 3


If I had a box just for wishes
and dreams that had never come true.
The box would be empty except for the memory of
how they were answered by you.

Chorus


Ending
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------6----6----10--------6-----6----10--------6-----6----10-----6--
-------7--------------------7--------------------7---------------7--
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Chords


        Dm                 Dm*            Dm7
E  |-1-|---|---|   |-1-|---|---|---|  |-1-|---|---|
H  |---|---|-3-|   |---|---|-3-|---|  |---|---|-4-|
G  |---|-2-|---|   |---|-2-|---|---|  |---|-2-|---|
D  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|---|  |---|---|---|
A  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|-4-|  |---|---|-3-|
G  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|---|  |---|---|---|

        G#                G*            G~
E  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|  |---|---|---|
H  |---|---|-3-|   |---|---|-3-|  |---|---|-3-|
D  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|  |---|---|---|
A  |---|-1-|---|   |-1-|---|---|  |---|---|---|
G  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|  |---|---|-3-|


        Dm#             D#             B#            ~~
E  |-1-|---|---|   |---|-1-|---|  |---|-1-|---|  |---|---|---|
H  |---|---|-3-|   |---|-1-|-2-|  |---|-1-|-2-|  |---|---|-3-|
G  |---|-2-|---|   |---|-1-|---|  |---|-1-|---|  |---|---|---|
D  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|  |---|-1-|---|  |---|---|---|
A  |---|---|---|   |---|---|---|  |---|-1-|---|  |---|---|---|
G  |-5-|---|---|   |---|---|---|  |---|-1-|---|  |---|---|---|

         **                    D*              ##
E  |---|---|---|---|   |---|-1-|---|---|  |---|---|---|
H  |---|---|-3-|---|   |---|-1-|-2-|---|  |---|---|-3-|
G  |---|---|---|-4-|   |---|-1-|---|---|  |---|-2-|---|
D  |---|---|---|---|   |---|---|---|---|  |---|---|---|
A  |---|---|---|---|   |---|---|---|-3-|  |---|---|---|
G  |---|---|-1-|---|   |---|---|---|---|  |---|-1-|---|


Picking:
always like Dm     |   except in the Chorus from D# til D
E--------1---------|----------1---1----------------------------
H------3---3-------|----------3---3----------------------------
G----2-------2-----|--------2---2------------------------------
D--0---------------|------0------------------------------------
A------------------|-------------------------------------------
G------------------|-------------------------------------------





Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce.
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Transcribed by Brian O'Flaherty.

Intro.


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--3---2-----------------------------------2--3--5--5--3--2----
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Bridge

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Verse 1
  Dm       Dm7#       Dm7     Dm6
If I could save time in a bottle
    Gm6                          Bridge
The first thing that I'd like to do
  Dm       Dm7       Gm6                 Dm
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
        Gm6            Bridge
Just to spend them with you.

Verse 2

If I could make days last forever,
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then again
I would spend them with you.

Chorus
          D          Dmaj7
But there never seems to be enough time
   D6                  D                 G      G7    Em7  A7  Bridge
To do the things you want to do once you find them.
I've looked around enough to know that
your the one I want to go through time with.

Verse 3

If I had a box just for wishes
and dreams that had never come true.
The box would be empty except for the memory of
how they were answered by you.


Chords

Dm    xx0231
Dm7#  xx0221
Dm7   xx0211
Dm6   xx0201
Gm6   xx2333
Dmaj7 xx0222
D6    xx0202
G     320003
G7    320002
Em7   022030
A7    x02223


Ending
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