{"id":1020,"date":"2021-05-10T05:48:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T05:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:37:25","slug":"time-in-a-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/time-in-a-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"Time in a Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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{artist:Jim Croce}\r\n{key:Dm}\r\n\r\n{c:  Thanks for changes to Dave Potts }\r\nIf [Dm] I could save time in a bottle    \r\nThe [Gm] first thing that I'd like to [A7] do\r\nIs to [Dm] save every day till [Gm] eternity passes a-[Dm]way\r\nJust to [Gm] spend them with [Dm] you. [A7] [Dm][A7]\r\n\r\nIf [Dm] I could make days last forever \r\nIf [Gm] words could make wishes come [A7] true \r\nI'd [Dm] save every day like a [Gm] treasure and then \r\n[Dm] Again, I [Gm] would spend them with [Dm] you. [A][Dm][A7]  \r\n\r\nBut there [D] never seems to be enough time\r\nTo [D] do the things you want to do once you [G] find them  [Em7]  [A7]  \r\nI've [D] looked around enough to know\r\nThat [D] you're the one I want to go through [G] time with. [Em7] [A7]  \r\n\r\nIf [Dm] I had a box just for wishes \r\nAnd [Gm] dreams that had never come [A7] true \r\nThe [Dm] box would be empty [Gm] except for the memory   \r\n[Dm] Of how they were [Gm] answered by [Dm] you [A][Dm][A7]  \r\n\r\nBut there [D] never seems to be enough time\r\nTo [D] do the things you want to do once you [G] find them  [Em7]  [A7]  \r\nI've [D] looked around enough to know\r\nThat [D] you're the one I want to go through [G] time with. [Em7] [A7]  \r\n[Dm]\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/pre>\n
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[Intro]\r\n \r\nAm<\/span>                  Dm<\/span>    E<\/span>  -riff\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n \r\n   Am<\/span>\r\nIf I could save time in a bottle\r\n    Dm<\/span>                           E<\/span>\r\nThe first thing that I'd like to do   - play riff in reg time\r\n      Am<\/span>                  F<\/span>       Dm<\/span>     Am<\/span>\r\nIs to save every day till eternity passes away\r\n        Dm<\/span>              E<\/span>\r\nJust to spend them with you.\r\n \r\n \r\n   Am<\/span>\r\nIf I could make days last forever\r\n    Dm<\/span>                           E<\/span>\r\nIf words could make wishes come true\r\n      Am<\/span>                  F<\/span>       Dm<\/span>     Am<\/span>\r\nI'd save every day like a treasure and then\r\n        Dm<\/span>              E<\/span>\r\nAgain, I would spend them with you.\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n          A<\/span>\r\nBut there never seems to be enough time\r\n   A<\/span>                                     D<\/span>               Bm<\/span>   E<\/span>\r\nTo do the things you want to do Once you find them\r\n     A<\/span>\r\nI've looked around enough to know\r\n     A<\/span>                                   D<\/span>               Bm<\/span>  E<\/span>\r\nThat you're the one I want to go through time with.\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nAm<\/span>                  Dm<\/span>    E<\/span>  -riff\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n \r\n   Am<\/span>\r\nIf I had a box just for wishes\r\n    Dm<\/span>                         E<\/span>\r\nAnd dreams that had never come true\r\n    Am<\/span>                 F<\/span>             Dm<\/span>     Am<\/span>\r\nThe box would be empty except for the memory\r\n        Dm<\/span>             E<\/span>\r\nOf how they were answered by you\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n          A<\/span>\r\nBut there never seems to be enough time\r\n   A<\/span>                                     D<\/span>               Bm<\/span>   E<\/span>\r\nTo do the things you want to do Once you find them\r\n     A<\/span>\r\nI've looked around enough to know\r\n     A<\/span>                                   D<\/span>               Bm<\/span>  E<\/span>\r\nThat you're the one I want to go through time with.\r\n \r\n \r\nIntro Riff again\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n \r\n   Am\r\nIf I could save time in a bottle\r\n    Dm                           E\r\nThe first thing that I'd like to do   - play riff in reg time\r\n      Am                  F       Dm     Am\r\nIs to save every day till eternity passes away\r\n        Dm              E\r\nJust to spend them with you\r\n            A\r\nBut there never seems to be enough time\r\n   A                                     D\r\nTo do the things you want to do once you find them\r\n   Bm        E              A\r\n[1 bar]   [3\/4 bar] I've looked around enough to know\r\n      A                                   D\r\nThat you're the one I want to go through time with.\r\n    D            Bm          E\r\n   [1 bar]      [1 bar]   [1 bar]\r\n \r\n \r\nOn the last go 'round, play and hold Dm.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n    Am                                                                           Dm\r\n \r\n====O======     ====O======     ====O======     ====O===O==     ===========\r\n| | | | | *     | | | | | *     | | | | * *     | | | | | *     | | | | | |\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | | * | |     | | | * * |     | | | * | |     | | | * | |     | | * | | |\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | | | * |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | * * *\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |\r\n \r\n \r\n    E               F             Dm                      A             Bm\r\n \r\n==O===O===O     ====O======     ====O======     ====O======     O=====O===O\r\n| | | | | |     | | | | | *     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | * | * |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | * | *     | * * | | |\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | | | | |     | | | * * |     | | | * * *     | | | | * |     | | | | * |\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |\r\n \r\n \r\n     D              A                            D\r\n \r\n==X=O=O=O==     ====O===O==     ===========     ==X=O=O=O==\r\n| | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | |\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | | | | |     | | | * | *     | | | * * *     | | | | | *\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n* | | | | *     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     * | | | | |\r\n|-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|     |-|-|-|-|-|\r\n| | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |     | | | | | |\r\n
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{artist:Jim Croce} {key:Dm} {c: Thanks for changes to Dave Potts } If [Dm] I could save time in a bottle The [Gm] first thing that I’d like to [A7] do Is to [Dm] save every day till [Gm] eternity passes a-[Dm]way Just to [Gm] spend them with [Dm] you. [A7] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGTime in a Bottle<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28614,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions\/28614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}