Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay

Words & Music:

Otis Redding

 

This is transcribed in the February 2009 issue of Acoustic Guitar.  You can also play the 7 chords as straight triads (no dominant 7 added).

 

G                      B7           C                B  Bb   A

Sittin' in the mornin' sun, I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes.

G                       B7              C               B   Bb A

Watchin' the ships roll in.  Then, I'll watch 'em roll away a--gain.

 

CHORUS:

G                          E7                G          E7

Sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away.

G                          A        G       E7

Sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time.

 

I left my home in Georgia, headed for the 'Frisco Bay.

I had nothin' to live for.  Looked like nothin' gonna come my way.

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:

G    D    C

Look like nothin's gonna change.

G     D    C

Everything still remains 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.

 

Sittin' here restin' my bones & this loneliness won't leave me alone.

Two thousand miles I roamed, just to make this dock my home.

 

CHORUS:

 

[whistling over]  G   E7