Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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	G	B
	Sittin' in the mornin'	sun,

	C	B	Bb	A
I'll be	sittin' when the eve	ni	n'	comes.

	G	B
	Watching the ships roll	in,

	C	B	Bb	A
then I	watch 'em roll a	wa	y a	gain, yeah.

Chorus:

	G	E
I'm	sittin' on the dock of the	bay,

	G	E
watching the	tide roll a	way.

	G	A
Oo, I'm just	sittin' on the dock of the	bay,

	G	E
wastin'	time.

Verse 2:

I left my home in Georgia,

headed for the 'Frisco Bay.

I have nothing to live for,

it look like nothin's gonna come my way.

Chorus:

So, I'm just gon' sit on the dock of the bay,

watching the tide roll away.

Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,

wastin' time.

Bridge:

	G	D	C
	Look	like not	hing's gonna change.

	G	D	C
	Ev'	ryth	ing 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 re	main the same, yes.

Verse 3:

I'm sittin' here restin' my bones,

and this loneliness won't leave me alone, yes.

Two thousand miles I roamed

just to make this-a dock my home.

Chorus:

Now, I'm just gon' sit at the dock of the bay,

watching the tide roll away.

Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,

wastin' time.

Main riff:

The riff used during the choruses goes something like this...

	e ----10----10----10-10-------|-------------------------|
	B -10h12-10h12-10h12-10----12-|-------------------------|
	G ----------------------12-11-|-------------------------|
	D ----------------------------|-------------------------|
	A ----------------------------|-------------------------|
	E ----------------------------|-------------------------|

| | |__| |__| | | | |

\ These notes ring throughout

the following bar

	e ----10----10----10-10-------|-------------------------|
	B -10h12-10h12-10h12-10----12-|-------------------------|
	G ----------------------12-11-|-------------------------|
	D ----------------------------|-------------------------|
	A ----------------------------|-------------------------|
	E ----------------------------|-------------------------|

| | |__| |__| | | | |

\ These notes ring throughout

the following bar

	e -------10-10----10-10----------|-12----12----------------------|
	B ----10h12----10h12-10----12h14-|----14----14-12h14-12----10h12-|
	G ----------------------12-------|----------------------14-------|
	D -------------------------------|-------------------------------|
	A -------------------------------|-------------------------------|
	E -------------------------------|-------------------------------|

| |__| |__| |____| |__| |__| |__| |____|

	e -10----10-------10-10----------|-------------------------|
	B ----12----12-10h12-10----------|-------------------------|
	G -------------------------11/13-|-------------------------|
	D -------------------------------|-------------------------|
	A -------------------------------|-------------------------|
	E -------------------------------|-------------------------|

|__| |__| |__| |_____| | | | |

\ This note ring throughout

the following bar

Enjoy,

--Kim

_____

Kim H|glund, shotokan@diku.dk, CS Dept. at U of Copenhagen, Denmark

"I've got plenty of common sense. I just choose to ignore it." -- Calvin

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Dock Of The Bay

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