| | Dm | Dm(maj7 | Dm7 | Dm6 |
| If | I could save | time in a | bottle | |
| | Gm6 | A7 |
| The | first thing that I'd like to | do |
| | Dm | Dm7 | B- | Gm7 | Dm |
| Is to | save every | day till | eternity | passes | away |
| | Gm | A7 |
| Just to | spend them with | you. |
| | Dm | Dm(maj7 | Dm7 | Dm6 |
| If | I could make | days last | forever | |
| | Gm6 | A7 |
| If w | ords could make wishes come t | rue |
| | Dm | Dm7 | B- | Gm7 | Dm |
| I'd sa | ve every da | y like a | treasure | and the | n |
| | Gm | A7 |
| Again, I | would spend the | m with you. |
| | D | Dmaj7 |
| 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 | Dm(maj7 | Dm7 | Dm6 |
| If | I had a box | just for | wishes | |
| | Gm6 | A7 |
| And | dreams that had never come | true |
| | Dm | Dm7 | B- | Gm7 | Dm |
| The | box would be | empty | except for the | memory | |
| | Gm | 7 |
| Of how | they were answer | ed by you |
| From: spb0457@zeus.tamu.edu (SubGenius) |
| Subject: "Time In A Bottle" (Jim Croce) |
| --Words and Music by Jim Croce |
| | Dm | Dm(maj7 | Dm7 | Dm6 | Gm6 |
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| | Dm | Dm(maj7 | Dm7 | Dm6 |
| If | I could save | time in a b | ottle, | |
| | Gm6 | A7 |
| The f | irst thing that I'd like to | do |
| | Dm | Dm7 | B- | Gm7 | Dm |
| Is to s | ave every | day 'till e | ternity p | asses a | way, |
| | Gm | A7 |
| Just to s | pend 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. |
| 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. |
| | D | Dmaj7 |
| But there ne | ver seems to | be enough time |
| | D6 | D | G | Gmaj7 |
| To | do the tings you w | ant to do once you f | ind them | |
| | 1 Em7 | 3/A7 | D | Dmaj7 |
| | bar] | 4 bar] I've loo | ked around en | ough to know |
| | D6 | D | G |
| That y | ou're the one I w | ant to go through t | ime with. |
| | Gmaj7 | Em7 | 1 A7 |
| | 1 bar] | 1 bar] | bar] |
| On the last go 'round, play and hold Dm. |
