The melody of Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce runs 157 notes across 46 bars, 1:38 long in Gm at 144 beats per minute. The tab sits almost entirely in the first two frets, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? Time In A Bottle chords and lyrics.