Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce

Tabbed By Burnee @ ntlworld.com


These chords may look complicated but really they are very 
simple, once you have strung them together. This is the closest 
I can get to the recording and still play it on one guitar.
(Chords)

         D5/D  DMaj7no3/D  D7no3/D  G/D  Gm  Gm6  Gm7  A7     
        |---5-------5----------5------3----3---3----3---0---|
        |---3-------2----------3------3----3---5----6---2---|
        |---2-------2----------5------4----3---3----3---0---|
        |---0-------0----------0------0----5---5----5---2---|
        |---X-------X----------X------X----5---5----5---0---|
        |---X-------X----------X------X----3---3----3---0---|

        G7no3/F  Emno5/G  Gmno5/A#  Fno5add2/A   Em9no5   Dmno5
        |---X-------X--------X----------X-----------0-------0
        |---3-------5--------8----------6-----------3-------6
        |---0-------0--------0----------0-----------0-------7
        |---3-------5--------8----------7-----------4-------0
        |---X-------X--------X----------X-----------X-------X
        |---X-------X--------X----------X-----------X-------X

        Riff2 on Dmno5      (Harmonics)
        |-----0--------0---------------| |X3 Then |--0--|
        |--------6--------6------------|.|        |--6--|
        |--7--------7--------7-----(7)-| |        |--7--|
        |----------------------(7)-----| |        |--0--|
        |------------------------------|.|        |--X--|
        |------------------------------| |        |--X--|



Intro:  |--5-------5------|--5--------5------|--5------5------|
        |--------3----3---|--------2-----2---|------3-----3---|
        |-----2----------2|-----2-----------2|----5----------5|
        |--0--------------|--0---------------|--0-------------|
        |-----------------|------------------|----------------|
        |-----------------|------------------|----------------|
                                                

        |--3--------3------|--3-------------------3--------------|
        |--------3-----3---|--------5------6-------------6------5|
        |-----4-----------4|-----3-----3-------3-----3-------3---|
        |--0---------------|-------------------------------------|
        |------------------|-------------------------------------|
        |------------------|--3-----3------3------3------3------3|


        |-----------------------------------|  
        |--2-----3-----5-----8-----6-----5--|
        |-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
        |--2-----3-----5-----8-----7-----5--|
        |-----------------------------------|
        |-----------------------------------|

        Riff2 on Dmno5      (Harmonics)
        | |-----0--------0---------------| |X3 Then |--0--|
        |.|--------6--------6------------|.|        |--6--|
        | |--7--------7--------7-----(7)-| |        |--7--|
        | |----------------------(7)-----| |        |--0--|
        |.|------------------------------|.|        |--X--|
        | |------------------------------| |        |--X--|


Use the Intro picking pattern throughout.




  D5/D          DMaj7no3/D D7no3/D  G/D             
If I could save time in a  bottle
     Gm   Gm6   Gm7  Gm  Gm7  Gm6 A7 G7no3/F Emno5/G Gmno5/A# Fno5add2/A Emno5/G
The first thing that I'd like to do
      D5/D       DMaj7no3/D D7no3/D         G/D             
Is to save every day till   eternity passes away
Gm6   Gm7  Gm  Gm7  Gm6 A7 G7no3/F Emno5/G Gmno5/A# Fno5add2/A Emno5/G
Just to spend them with you.


  D5/D          DMaj7no3/D D7no3/D  G/D 
If I could make days last  forever
     Gm   Gm6   Gm7  Gm  Gm7  Gm6 A7 G7no3/F Emno5/G Gmno5/A# Fno5add2/A Emno5/G
If words could make wishes come true
    D5/D       DMaj7no3/  D D7no3/D    G/D
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
     Gm   Gm6   Gm7  Gm  Gm7  Gm6 A7 G7no3/F Emno5/G Gmno5/A# Fno5add2/A Emno5/G
Again, I would spend them with you.


          D              DMaj7
But there never seems to be enough time
   D                 DMaj7               G        GMaj7/F# Em A7 Em9no5 Emno5
To do the things you want to do Once you find them
     D              DMaj7
I've looked around enough to know
   D                 DMaj7               G        GMaj7/F# Em A7 Em9no5 Emno5  Dmno5/Riff 2
That you're the one I want to go through time with.


   D5/D          DMaj7no3/D D7no3/D  G/D 
If I had a box just for wishes
     Gm   Gm6   Gm7  Gm  Gm7  Gm6 A7 G7no3/F Emno5/G Gmno5/A# Fno5add2/A Emno5/G
And dreams that had never come true
    D5/D         DMaj7no3/D D7no3/D         G/D
The box would be empty      except for the memory
     Gm   Gm6   Gm7  Gm  Gm7  Gm6 A7 G7no3/F Emno5/G Gmno5/A# Fno5add2/A Emno5/G
Of how they were answered by you

          D              DMaj7
But there never seems to be enough time
   D                 DMaj7               G        GMaj7/F# Em A7 Em9no5 Emno5
To do the things you want to do Once you find them
     D              DMaj7
I've looked around enough to know
   D                 DMaj7               G        GMaj7/F# Em A7 Em9no5 Emno5  Dmno5/Riff 2      
That you're the one I want to go through time with.

Corrections Welcomed. 
Enjoy!