JIM CROCE - "time in a bottle" Tablature
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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--
--0-------------------0--------------------0---------------------0--
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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.
-5---5---5--3---3---3----3--0--1--3--1--0----------3--2--0----
--3---2-----------------------------------2--3--5--5--3--2----
----------5---4---3---3---------------------------------------
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Bridge
-----------3--2--0--
--2--3--5--5--3--2--
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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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---3-----3---0-----3-----3---0-----3-----3---0----3-----
-2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2----------2-----
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