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Dock Of The Bay

Otis Redding
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 
 
  Sittin'  in the morning sun
  I'll be sittin'  in the evening come
  Watching  the ships roll in,
  then I watch  them roll away  again,  yeah
  I'm sittin'  on the dock of the bay
  watching the tide  roll away
  ooh I'm just sittin'  on the dock of the bay
  wasting ti---ime
  I left my home in Georgia
  Headed for the Frisco bay
  'Cause I've had nothing to live for
  and look like nothing's gonna come my way
  So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
  watching the tide roll away, oooh
  I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
  wasting time
  -
   Look like  nothing's  gonna change
  Everything  still remains the same
   I can't  do what ten  people tell  me to do
   So I guess I'll remain  the same
  Sittin' here resting my bones
  and this loneliness won't leave me alone
  These 2000 miles I roamed
  just to make this dock my home
  Now I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
  watching the tide roll away, oooh
  Sittin' on the dock of the bay
  wasting time
 
 
 

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Readable chord sheet for Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding

[G]              [A]             [C2]
   [B]              [E]
   [C]              [D]
   [Bb]             [F]

   [G]Sittin' in the morning [B]sun

   I'll be [C]sittin' in the [C]ev[B]en[Bb]ing [A]come

   [G]Watching the ships roll [B]in,

   then I [C]watch them roll a[C]wa[B]y [Bb]  a[A]gain, yeah

   I'm [G]sittin' on the dock of the [E]bay

   watching the [G]tide roll a[E]way

   ooh I'm just [G]sittin' on the dock of the [A]bay

   wasting [G]ti---[E]ime

[play like verse 1]

   I left my home in Georgia
   Headed for the Frisco bay
   'Cause I've had nothing to live for
   and look like nothing's gonna come my way

[play like first chorus]

   So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
   watching the tide roll away, oooh
   I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
   wasting time

   -
   [G]  Look [D]like no[C2]thing's gonna change

   [G]       [D]Everything[C2] still remains the same

   [G]     I [D]can't do what [C2]ten people [G]tell me to do

   [F]   So I guess I'll re[D]main the same

[play like verses 1 & 2]

   Sittin' here resting my bones
   and this loneliness won't leave me alone
   These 2000 miles I roamed
   just to make this dock my home

[play like previous choruses]

   Now I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
   watching the tide roll away, oooh
   Sittin' on the dock of the bay
   wasting time

   [whistle over these two chords and fade out]
   [G]             [E]
   [G]             [E]

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