Time In A Bottle Tab
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
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Capo: | no capo |
Author Peter Tuyp [a] 948. 5 contributors total, last edit on Jul 9, 2022
Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do
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is to save every day till eternity passes away just to spend them with you
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[Verse 2]
If I could make days last for ever, if words could make wishes come true
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I'd save every day like treasure and then again I would spend them with you
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[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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I looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true
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the box would be empty except for the mem'ry of how they were answered by you
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[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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I looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with
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[Outro]
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Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce
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Yeah!! Thanks for that Time In A Bottle tab!!! Great!! Glad to know that there are GOOD tabs to find here on this site!
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Yes, this is a truly great tab of this song. Very well done. It is SO much easier if you have another guitar do the bass line. It's probably possible to do the entire thing on one guitar, but it would be rather difficult.
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supurb tab! one of the best i've seen on this site in a while. i agree with apex, it is easier with another guitar on the baseline, but you can always change the octave of the bass to make it a little easier on yourself. i like to play the last chord with the high e string on the 10th fret, but other than that it's pretty spot on. mad props.
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