Time In A Bottle
Jim Croce
Jim Croce

[3/4]
========================================================================
========================================================================

[Intro]
      ;Dm          ,Dm/C#       ,Dm/C        ,G7/B        ,Gm6/Bb      , {0} : {1}

[Verse 1] {2}

[Transition]
      ;Dm          ,Dm/C        ,Dsus2/Bb    ,Gm6         ,Dm/F        ,
       G           , {3} :

[Verse 2]

[Transition]

[Chorus]
      ;D           ,D/C#        ,D/B         ,D/A         ,G6          ,
       Dadd9/F#    ,Em7         ,L4          : {4,5}

[Interlude] {6,7}

[Verse 3]

[Transition]

[Chorus]

[Outro]
      ;Dmadd2      ,...

========================================================================
Notes
========================================================================

  0. Play L6
  1. First 5 bars = sequence 'A'
  2. Play sequence 'A' followed by L2
  3. Play L3
  4. Sequence 'B'
  5. Play sequence 'B' twice
  6. Play [Intro]
  7. Fermata at end

========================================================================
Chords
========================================================================
          EADGBe
          654321
          ------
Dm        xx0231
Dm/C#     x4x231
Dm/C      x3x231
G7/B      x2x031
Gm6/Bb    x1x030

Dsus2/Bb  x1x230
Gm6       3xx330
Dm/F      1xx231
G         3x003x

D         xx0232
D/C#      x4x232
D/B       x2x232
D/A       x0x232
G6        3x0030
Dadd9/F#  2xx230
Em7       0xx030

Dmadd2    xx0760 (no 5th)

========================================================================
Notes
========================================================================
  1. Sequence 'A'
  2. Play sequence 'A'
  3. Sequence 'B'
  4. Play sequence 'B' twice
  5. Play [Intro]
  6. Fermata at end

========================================================================
Licks
Note: a=10,b=11,c=12,etc
========================================================================
L1
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|------------------------|5-------7-------9-------|c-------a-------9hap9---|
B-|8-------6-------5-------|------------------------|------------------------|
G-|------------------------|6-------7-------9-------|c-------a-------9-------|
D-|8-------7-------5-------|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

L2
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B-|3-------2---------------|2-------3-------5-------|8-------6-------5-------|
G-|----------------3-------|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|1-------0---------------|0-------2-------4-------|7-------5-------4-------|
E-|----------------3-------|------------------------|------------------------|

L3
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|------------------------|------------------------|
B-|2-------3-------5-------|2h3p2---0-------2-------|
G-|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|0-------2-------4-------|0-------0-------0-------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

L4
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |
e-|------------------------|
B-|2-------3-------5-------|
G-|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|
A-|0-------2-------4-------|
E-|------------------------|

L5
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   :
e-|----0-----------0-------|----------------|
B-|--------6-----------6---|----------------|
G-|------------7-----------|--------7h------|
D-|0-----------------------|7h--------------|
A-|------------------------|----------------|
E-|------------------------|----------------|

========================================================================
2nd guitar licks
========================================================================

  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|----a-------a-------a---|----9-------9-------9---|
B-|a-------a-------a-------|a-------a-------a-------|
G-|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|----8-------8-------8---|----7-------7-------7---|
B-|a-------a-------a-------|8-------8-------8-------|
G-|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|----6-------6-------6---|----6-------6-----------|
B-|8-------5-------6-------|8-------6-------5-------|
G-|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|5-------7-------9-------|c-------a-------9-------|
B-|------------------------|------------------------|
G-|6-------7-------9-------|c-------a-------9-------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

========================================================================
========================================================================

  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   |1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   :
e-|------------------------|------------------------|
B-|------------------------|------------------------|
G-|------------------------|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

========================================================================
========================================================================

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
Just to spend 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

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

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

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

========================================================================
========================================================================
Transcription:
  .=lead-in begin
  ;=section begin
  :=section end
  ,=measure separator (bar line)
  {=comment/note begin
  }=comment/note end
  [=section name begin
  ]=section name end
  ?=Fermata

Chords:
  A-G=chord name
  2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,13=note number
  add=add
  aug=augmented
  dim=diminished
  b=flat
  #=sharp
  m=minor
  maj=major
  M=major
  @$%^&*=token for a chord name
  a-z=more tokens for chord name
  '=2nd voicing
  ''=3rd voicing

Licks:
  Ln=lick definition (n=1-9)
  h=hammer on
  p=pull off
  q=rasqueado
  r=bend and release
  s=slide
  t=trill
  v=bend
  x=rake

Usage:
  o '.' lead-in to a section
  o ';' or ':' can substitue for ','
  o only chord name, token, lick, or '{}' can lie between ',' or ';' or ':'
  o anything between '{}' is either a note reference or is user defined
  o '    '=one beat in [4/4] time; (four spaces)
  o 'actual' transcription
  o 'footnote' transcription
  o 'combination' transcription
  o 'implied' transcription
========================================================================