Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chords & Tabs

this is the way i use to play it and it's a very easy song for beginners

by: Alexander Skytte

intro(bass)

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verse 1 (alternative verse at bottom)

Sitting in the morning sun
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I'll be sitting when the evening comes
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Watching the ships roll in
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And I watch 'em roll away again
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Chorus 1

Sitting on the dock of the bay
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Watching the tide roll away
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I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
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Wasting time

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verse 2

I left my home in Georgia
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Headed for the 'Frisco bay
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'Cause I had nothin to live for
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And look like nothing's gonna come my way
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chorus 2

So I'm just Sitting on the dock of the bay
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Watching the tide roll away
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I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
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Wasting time

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bridge:

Look like nothing's gonna change
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Everything still remains the same
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I can't do what ten people tell me to do
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So I guess I'll remain the same
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verse 3

Sittin here resting my bones
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And this loneliness won't leave me alone
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It's two thousand miles I roamed
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Just to make this dock my home
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alternative verse:

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