(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding

Sittin' in the mornin' sun      [Verse] Bb D7

I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come   D# C

Watching the ships roll in

Then I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah

[Chorus] Bb G Bb G - Bb C Bb G

(I'm sittin' on) the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away, ooh

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

Wastin' time

                                     [Intro]

I left my home in Georgia            Bb Bb Bb Bb

Headed for the 'Frisco bay

'Cause I've had nothing to live for

And look like nothin's              [Chorus]

    gonna come my way      (So I'm just

                                gon' sit on)

[Bridge] (Bb-F D#-Bb x3) - G# F

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      [Chorus]

                                 (Now I'm

[Coda - Whistle] Bb G (x5)  just gon' sit at)