Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce

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[Intro]

          -riff


[Verse]

            
If I could sav

      
e time in a bo

    
ttle
           
The first thin

              
g that I'd lik

     
e to do   - pl

ay riff in reg

 time
            
Is to save eve

         
ry day till et

           
ernity passes 


away
            
Just to spend 

          
them with you.


            
If I could mak

      
e days last fo

    
rever
           
If words could

              
 make wishes c

     
ome true
            
I'd save every

         
 day like a tr

           
easure and the


n
            
Again, I would

          
 spend them wi

th you.


[Chorus]

             
But there neve

           
r seems to be 


enough time
            
To do the thin

             
gs you want to

             
 do Once you f

            
ind them
             
I've looked ar

     
ound enough to

 know
            
That you're th

             
e one I want t

             
o go through t

           
ime with.


          -riff


[Verse]

            
If I had a box

     
 just for wish

   
es
           
And dreams tha

              
t had never co

   
me true
            
The box would 

         
be empty excep

           
t for the memo

   
ry
            
Of how they we

         
re answered by

 you


[Chorus]

             
But there neve

           
r seems to be 


enough time
            
To do the thin

             
gs you want to

             
 do Once you f

            
ind them
             
I've looked ar

     
ound enough to

 know
            
That you're th

             
e one I want t

             
o go through t

           
ime with.


Intro Riff again


[Verse]

            
If I could sav

      
e time in a bo

    
ttle
           
The first thin

              
g that I'd lik

     
e to do   - pl

ay riff in reg

 time
            
Is to save eve

         
ry day till et

           
ernity passes 


away
            
Just to spend 

          
them with you
             
But there neve

          
r seems to be 


enough time
            
To do the thin

             
gs you want to

             
 do once you f

       
ind them
          
[1 bar]   [3/4

             
 bar] I've loo

            
ked around eno


ugh to know
            
That you're th

             
e one I want t

              
o go through t


ime with.
         
   [1 bar]    

           
  [1 bar]   [1

 
 bar]


On the last go 'round, play and hold Dm.



                                                                 

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