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Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle Chords

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Time In A Bottle Chords

(ver. 1)
Jim Croce
[Intro]

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D|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------4------------3------------2------------1--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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G|-------3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------8--7--5-----------------------------------------------|
A|-1--0--3---0---2--4--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse 1]

If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do 
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D|-0-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------3-------8-7-5--|
A|-------------4-----------3-----------2-----------1------------1-0---0-2-4--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

is to save every day 'till eternity passes away just to spend them with you
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E|-------------------------------------3-----------1----------3-------------------------------|


[Verse 2]

If I could could make days last for ever, if words could make wishes come true 
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A|-------------4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------1-0---0-2-4--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

i'd save every day like treasure and then again I would spend them with you
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D|-0-------0-----------3-----------0-----------0----------3-----------0-----------------------|
A|-------------3-----------1-----------------------------------------------0-2-------------0--|
E|-------------------------------------3-----------1----------3-------------------------------|


[Chorus]

But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them
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B|-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------3---3-------3---3---------3---2---3---5----|
G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4-----------2-----------0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D|-0-------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-------4---2-------2---0-------0---------------------------------------0---2---4----|
E|-------------------------------------------------3-----------2-----------0------------------------|

I looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with
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B|-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------3---3-------3---3---------3---2---3---5----|
G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4-----------2-----------0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D|-0-------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-------4---2-------2---0-------0---------------------------------------0---2---4----|
E|-------------------------------------------------3-----------2-----------0------------------------|


[Solo]

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D|--0--------------------0------------0------------0------------0----------3-------8-7-5------|
A|---------------4------------3------------2------------1------------1-0-----0-2-4------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse 3]

If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true
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D|-0-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------3-------8-7-5--|
A|-------------4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------1-0---0-2-4--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

the box would be empty except for the mem'ry of how they were answered by you
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D|-0-------0-----------3-----------0-----------0----------3-----------0-----------------------|
A|-------------3-----------1-----------------------------------------------0-2-------------0--|
E|-------------------------------------3-----------1----------3-------------------------------|

Chorus:
But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them
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D|-0-------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-------4---2-------2---0-------0---------------------------------------0---2---4----|
E|-------------------------------------------------3-----------2-----------0------------------------|

I looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with
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B|-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------3---3-------3---3---------3---2---3---5----|
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D|-0-------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-------4---2-------2---0-------0---------------------------------------0---2---4----|
E|-------------------------------------------------3-----------2-----------0------------------------|

[Outro]
                                              
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A|-----------------H5---------------------H5-------------------H5--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

            
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