Time In A Bottle Uke tab by Jim Croce

16 Chords used in the song: Dm, Aaug, Dm7, G, Bbdim, Gm, A7, A7sus4, Edim, Bb6, D, Asus4, Bm7, G6, Em, Dmadd9

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4.23
(Intermediate)
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Strumming pattern: du-du-du-du

TIME IN A chordA BOTTLE
by Jim Croce

[INTRO]
Dm chordDm Aaug chordAaug Dm7 chordDm7 G chordG
Bbdim chordBbdim Gm chordGm
A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7 Edim chordEdim Aaug chordAaug A7 chordA7


[Verse 1]
Dm chordDm Aaug chordAaug Dm7 chordDm7 G chordG
If I could save time in a bottle,
Bbdim chordBbdim Gm chordGm
The first thing that I'd like
A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7 Edim chordEdim Aaug chordAaug A7 chordA7
to do,
Dm chordDm Dm7 chordDm7
Is to save ev’ry-day
Bb6 chordBb6 Gm chordGm Dm chordDm
‘Til eternity passes away
Gm chordGm A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7
Just to spend them with you


[Verse 2]
Dm chordDm Aaug chordAaug
If I could make days
Dm7 chordDm7 G chordG
last forever
Bbdim chordBbdim Gm chordGm
If words could make wishes
A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7 Edim chordEdim Aaug chordAaug A7 chordA7
come true,
Dm chordDm Dm7 chordDm7
I'd save ev’ry-day
Bb6 chordBb6 Gm chordGm Dm chordDm
like a treasure and then again,
Gm chordGm A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7
I would spend them with you


[CHORUS]
D chordD
But there never seems
Asus chordAsus
to be enough time
Bm7 chordBm7 Asus chordAsus
To do the things you want to do
G6 chordG6 D chordD Em chordEm A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7
Once you find them
D chordD Asus chordAsus
I've looked around enough to know
Bm7 chordBm7 Asus chordAsus
That you're the one I want to go
G6 chordG6 D chordD Em chordEm A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7
Through time with


[Interlude]
Dm chordDm Aaug chordAaug Dm7 chordDm7 G chordG
Bbdim chordBbdim Gm chordGm
A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7 Edim chordEdim Aaug chordAaug A7 chordA7


[Verse 3]
Dm chordDm Aaug chordAaug Dm7 chordDm7 G chordG
If I had a box just for wishes
Bbdim chordBbdim Gm chordGm
And dreams that had never
A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7 Edim chordEdim Aaug chordAaug A7 chordA7
come true,
Dm chordDm Dm7 chordDm7
The box would be empty,
Bb6 chordBb6 Gm chordGm
except for the mem’ry
Dm chordDm Gm chordGm
Of how they were answered
A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7
by you


[CHORUS]
D chordD
But there never seems
Asus chordAsus
to be enough time
Bm7 chordBm7 Asus chordAsus
To do the things you want to do
G6 chordG6 D chordD Em chordEm A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7
Once you find them
D chordD Asus chordAsus
I've looked around enough to know
Bm7 chordBm7 Asus chordAsus
That you're the one I want to go
G6 chordG6 D chordD Em chordEm A7 chordA7 A7sus chordA7sus A7 chordA7
Through time with


[CODA]
Dmadd9 chordDmadd9
Dmadd9 chordDmadd9
Dmadd9 chordDmadd9
Dmadd9 chordDmadd9 ~

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