Time In A Bottle

Words & Music:

Jim Croce

 

A full two-guitar transcription of this can be found in the February 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar.

 

Dm   Dm/C#   Dm/C   G7/B   Gm6/Bb

 

Dm              Dm/C#   Dm/C   Dm/B  G7/B

If I could save time in a bottle,

    Gm6/Bb                       A7

The first thing that I'd like to do

      Dm         Dm/C     Gm6/Bb   Gm7     Dm/F

Is to save every day till eternity passes away

        Gm              A7

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:

D                        Dmaj7/C#

But there never seems to be enough time

D6/B                 D/A                      G6   Dsus9/F3   Em7   A7

To do the things you want to do once you find them.

     D             Dmaj7/C#

I've looked around enough to know

     D6/B             D/A                G6       Dsus9/F#   Em7   A7

That you're the one I want to go through time with.

 

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:

 

OUTRO ON:  Am(add 2) [x 0 7 5 0 0]