Time In a Bottle
Lyrics, Music & Performance by Jim Croce (1970)

Capo 5

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[Intro]

          


[Verse 1]

            
If I could sav

       
e time in a bo

/  
ttle
             
The first thin

              
g that I'd lik

     
e to do
            
Is to save ev’

   
ry-day 
             
‘Til eternity 

     
passes away
           
Just to spend 

          
them with you


[Verse 2]

            
If I could mak

        
e days last fo

   
rever
             
If words could

              
 make wishes c

     
ome true
            
I'd save ev’ry

          
 - day like a 

             
treasure and t


hen
            
Again, I would

           
 spend them wi

   
th you


[Chorus]

             
But there neve

           
r seems to  be

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  enough time
          
To  do  the th

          
ings you want 

to do
             
Once you find 

          
them
             
I've looked ar

      
ound enough to

 know
          
That you're th

         
e one I want t

o go through
          
Time with

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[Interlude]

          


[Verse 3]

         
If I had a box

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  just for wis

/   
hes
             
And dreams tha

              
t had never co

    
me true
            
The box would 

         
be empty, exce

            
pt for the mem


’ry of
            
How they were 

         
answered by yo

u


[Chorus]

             
But there neve

           
r seems to  be

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  enough time
          
To  do  the th

          
ings you want 

to do
             
Once you find 

          
them
             
I've looked ar

      
ound enough to

 know
          
That you're th

         
e one I want t

o go through
          
Time with

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[Instrumental Ending]