Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay Chords & Tabs

by Otis Redding

[Content]
Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay chords
Otis Redding 1968 (Steve Cropper) **
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Sittin%27_On)_The_Dock_of_the_Bay
G

[Verse 1]
G                      B7 
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
        C                        A   
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
G                       B7
Watching the ships roll in
          C                    A         
Then I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah

[Chorus]
    G                          E  
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
             G          E  
Watching the tide roll away
              G                          A  
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
        G  E
Wastin' time

[Verse 2]
  G               B7     
I left my home in Georgia
C                      A  
Headed for the 'Frisco Bay
G                 B7      
I have nothing to live for
          C                      A  
Look like nothin's gonna come my way

[Chorus]
                  G                      E  
So I'm just gonna sit 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
Wastin' time

[Bridge]
G    D     C               G     
Look like, nothing's gonna change
G    D             C         G   
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, yes

[Verse 3]
G                       B7   
Sittin' here resting my bones
         C                          A   
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
     G                    B7  
It's two thousand miles I roam
        C                 A   
Just to make this dock my home

[Chorus]
                   G                      E  
Now I'm just gonna sit at 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
Wastin' time

[Whistling]
G  E .......
*  It has been suggested that B also works
** Alternates:
Capo II
G  = F
B7 = A7
C    Bb
A  = G
F    Eb
E  = D
Capo V
G  = D
B7   F#7
C  = G
A  = E
F  = C
E  = B
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G  = A
B7   C#7
C  = D
A  = B
F  = G
E  = F#
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