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Time in a Bottle

Jim Croce
Chords & TabKeyDmadvanced134 BPM
4.8(2k)

Chords in this song16

Intro

Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Gm6 A7 -riff

Verse

If I could save time in a bottle 
The first thing that I'd like to do - play riff in reg time
Is to save every day till 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.   
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Gm6 A7 -riff

Verse

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

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.   
Intro Riff again

Verse

If I could save time in a bottle 
The first thing that I'd like to do - play riff in reg time
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
[1 bar] [3/4 bar] I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with.
[1 bar] [1 bar] [1 bar]
On the last go 'round, play and hold Dm.
     
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