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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
By:   Otis Redding

[intro:]    4 x |G   |     
 
[verse: 1]
  G                     B7     (B or B7)
Sittin' in the morning sun
        C                 C B Bb  A
I'll be sittin' when the evening come
  G                     B7
Watching the ships roll in
          C               C B Bb A
then I'll watch 'em roll away   again, yeah
 
 
[chorus:]
           G                         E
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
              G         E
watching the tide roll away
        G                          A
ooo I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
        G     E
wasting ti___ime
 
 
[verse: 2]
G                   B7
I left my home in Georgia and I
  C             C   B Bb A
Headed for the Frisco   bay
 G                         B7
Cause I've got nothing to live for
 C                         C   B Bb A
Look like nothing's gonna come my   way
 
 
[chorus:]
           G                         E
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
              G          E
watching the tide roll away
          G                         A
ooo I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
        G     E
wasting ti___ime
 
 
[bridge:]                                      
|G       D  |  C                    |
   Look like nothing's gonna change
|G       D   | C                     |
   Everything seems to stay the same
|G     D          | C          G           |
   I can't do what ten people tell me to do
|F                   |D            |
   So I guess I'll remain the same
 
 
[verse: 3]
  G                      B7
Sittin' here resting my bones
           C                C    B  Bb A
and this loneliness won't leave me a__lone
        G             B7
Two thousand miles I roamed
         C         C   B Bb A
just to make this dock my   home
 
 
[chorus:]
           G                         E
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
              G         E
watching the tide roll away
          G                         A
ooo I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
        G     E
wasting ti___ime
 
 
[coda:]  |G  |   |   |E   | (whistle over these two chords)
         |G  |   |   |E   |
         |G  |   |   |E   |
         |G  |   |   |E  {finish}




chords:


A       002220  or 577655
Bb      113331  or 688766
B       224442  or 799877
B7      021202  or 224242  or 797877
C       032010  or 335553
D       000232  or 557775
E       022100  or 779997
G       320003  or 355433