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by Jim Croce


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Title:                          TIME IN A BOTTLE                (Jim Croce)

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                              (maj7)      
                If I could save time in a bottle
                                              
                The first thing that I'd like to do
                                     -           
                Is to save every day till eternity passes away
                                      
                Just to spend them with you.

                              (maj7)      
                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.


                             (maj7)     
                If I had a box just for wishes
                                            
                And dreams that had never come true
                                  -                 
                The box would be empty except for the memory
                                     7
                Of how they were answered by you

                (CHORUS)


TIME IN A BOTTLE
     --Words and Music by Jim Croce

Chords:

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              (maj7)       
If I could save time in a bottle,
                              
The first thing that I'd like to do
                       -           
Is to save every day 'till eternity passes away,
                      
Just to spend them with you.

[Chorus]

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]

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]


Chorus:

                       
But there never seems to be enough time
                                             
To do the tings 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.