Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding and Steve Cropper

Sittin' in the mornin' sun, I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away Oh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay Wastin' time
I left my home in Georgia , headed for the 'Frisco bay 'Cause I've had nothing to live for and look like nothin's gonna come my way
So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away Oh, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' 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, yes
Sittin' here resting my bones, and this loneliness won't leave me alone,
It's two thousand 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 Oh-wee, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time
(solo over verse, repeat bridge, third verse)

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G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B7. . . . . . . .C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7
Sittin' in the mornin' sun, I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E7 . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . E7
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away
. . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 . . . . . . . . G . . . E7
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay Wastin' time

G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B7. . . . . . . .C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7
I left my home in Georgia , headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I've had nothing to live for and look like nothin's gonna come my way
G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E7 . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . E7
So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away
. . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 . . . . . . . . G . . . E7
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time

G . . . . . . . . . D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . .G . . . . . . . . D . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
. . .Look like nothing's gonna change . . Everything still remains the same
G. . . . . . . . . . . . .D. . . . . . . . . . . C. . . . . . . F. . . . . . . . . . . . . .D7 .
I can't do what ten people tell me to do . . So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7
Sittin' here resting my bones, and this loneliness won't leave me alone,
It's two thousand miles I roamed, just to make this dock my home
G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E7 . . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . E7
So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away
. . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 . . . . . . . . G . . . E7
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time

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