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Time In a Bottle

Time in a Bottle was written by Jim Croce in 1970 after finding out his wife, Ingrid, was pregnant with their son, Adrian James (A.J.). Croce wanted to capture the emotion of having so little time and so many things he wanted to do with his child. Tragically, Jim Croce died in a plane crash in 1973 before seeing the songs success.

Key: Dm

Introduction:  Dm   Dm7M   Dm7   Dm6   Gm6   A7  

difficulty
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    Dm            D7M     Dm7     Dm6 
If I could save time in a bottle
     Gm6                           A7 
The first thing that I' d like to do   - play riff in reg time
       Dm          Dm7       Bb        Gm7     Dm 
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
         Gm               A7 
Just to spend them with you.
    Dm            D7M     Dm7     Dm6 
If I could make days last forever
     Gm6                           A7 
If words could make wishes come true
       Dm          Dm7       Bb        Gm7     Dm 
I' d save every day like a treasure and then
         Gm               A7 
Again, I would spend them with you.

           D               D7M 
But there never seems to be enough time
    D6                 D                    G        G7M    Em7   A7 
To do the things you want to do Once you find them
      D              D7M 
I' ve looked around enough to know
      D6                D                   G          G7M  Em7  A7 
That you' re the one I want to go through time with.

    Dm           D7M    Dm7     Dm6 
If I had a box just for wishes
     Gm6                         A7 
And dreams that had never come true
     Dm            Dm7    Bb              Gm7     Dm 
The box would be empty except for the memory
         Gm              A7 
Of how they were answered by you

           D               D7M 
But there never seems to be enough time
    D6                 D                    G        G7M    Em7   A7 
To do the things you want to do Once you find them
      D              D7M 
I' ve looked around enough to know
      D6                D                   G          G7M  Em7  A7 
That you' re the one I want to go through time with.
Intro Riff again

    Dm            D7M     Dm7     Dm6 
If I could save time in a bottle
     Gm6                           A7 
The first thing that I' d like to do   - play riff in reg time
       Dm          Dm7       Bb        Gm7     Dm 
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
         Gm               A7 
Just to spend them with you
             D            D7M 
But there never seems to be enough time
    D6                 D                    G        G7M 
To do the things you want to do once you find them

       D6                D                   G 
That you' re the one I want to go through time with.
     G7M         Em7          A7 
On the last go ' round, play and hold Dm.
     Dm             Dm(7M)          Dm7                     Dm6                     Gm6 
====O======     ====O======     ====O======     ====O===O==     ===========
          *               *             * *               *
     A7               Bb              Gm7                      D              Em7 
==O===O===O     ====O======     ====O======     ====O======     O=====O===O
                          *
      G               D6             D7M           G7M 
==X=O=O=O==     ====O===O==     ===========     ==X=O=O=O==