[ Sitting on the dock of the bay von Otis Redding ]


SITTING  ON  THE  DOCK  OF  THE  BAY



G                      B 
Sitting in the morning sun, 
C                   B Bb A
I'll be sitting when the evening come. 
G                       B 
Watching the ships roll in,
C                   B Bb A 
then I watch 'em roll away a-a--gain
C                          E9 
Yeah, I'm sitting on the dock of the bay, 
E                 G     E9 
Watching the tide roll away.
E                                   A 
Ooh, I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay,
G 
wasting time.

I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco bay. I have nothing' to live for, 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. Ooh, I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time.
G          D        C
Looks like nothing's gonna change; G DC                      G everything still remains the same. D          C
I can't do what ten people tell me to do, F                      D so I guess I'll remain the same.
Sitting here resting my bones, and this loneliness won't leave me alone. Two thousand miles I roam just to make this dock my home
Now I'm gonna sit at the dock of the bay, Watching the tide roll away. Ooh, I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time.