“Time in a Bottle” – Fingerstyle Guitar – Adam Rafferty (Jim Croce)

Here’s my version of the EPIC Jim Croce classic – “Time in a Bottle” fingerstyle guitar.

Time in a Bottle Fingerstyle Guitar – Tips for Tuning!

• Tuning is standard D tuning
• Capo at 5 fret
• D A D G B E

I love Jim Croce. One of the first tunes I learned to sing and play when I was a kid was “Bad Bad Leroy Brown.”

Taste, humor, creativity and groove – it’s all there.

But “Time in a Bottle” is just pure poetry.

When music and lyrics meet to form “the SONG” it really speaks to the heart.

This arrangement came pretty quickly, it took just a few days. I chose not to go bananas with harmonics and effects…the sound of the lyrical melody came first and foremost.

Despite it’s sounding “delicate” it is a SERIOUS left-hand workout. Definitely need some rest after practicing this one. Enjoy!

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