Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
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(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1968 Album THE DOCK OF THE BAY)
Words and Music by Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
Intro
Q=94
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q
|-------------
|-------------
|--------/5--/
|-3----3------
Q Q. E Q
---|----------
---|----------
5--|--------/5
---|-3----3---
Q Q. E
------|-------
------|-------
--/5--|-------
------|-3----3
Q Q Q.
---------|----
---------|----
-/5--/5--|----
---------|-3--
E Q Q
------------|
------------|
----/5--/5--|
--3---------|
1st - 3rd V
$
Q Q E E
||------------
||o-----------
||o----5------
||--3-----3-0-
erses
E E +Q Q
----|---------
----|------4--
--2-|-(2)-----
3---|---------
E E +E E Q
----------|---
--4-(4)---|---
2-------2-|-3-
----------|---
Q e e e E
------------|-
-5----------|-
----3-2-1-0-|-
------------|-
+Q Q E E E
--------------
--------------
(0)-----0-----
-----0----0-1-
E
---|
---|
---|
2--|
Q Q E E E
|-------------
|-------------
|----5--------
|-3-----3-0-3-
E +Q Q E
--|-----------
--|------4----
2-|-(2)-----2-
--|-----------
E +E E Q Q
--------|-----
4-(4)---|----5
------2-|-3---
--------|-----
e e e E +Q
----------|---
----------|---
--3-2-1-0-|-(0
----------|---
Q E E E E
--------------
--------------
)-----0-------
---0----0-1-2-
||
||
||
||
H E E E E
|-------------
|----------0-2
|--------2----
|-3----3------
+W
-|------------
-|-(2)--------
-|------------
-|------------
H E E E E
|-------------
|----------0-2
|--------2----
|-3----3------
+H +H
-|------------
-|-(2)----(2)-
-|------------
-|------------
---|
---|
---|
---|
Q. E Q
|-------------
|-------------
|--------/5--/
|-3----3------
Q Q. E Q
---|----------
---|----------
5--|--------/7
---|-5----5---
Q Q. E
------|-------
------|-------
--/7--|-------
------|-3----3
To Coda
Q Q W
---------|----
---------|----
-/5--/5--|-7--
---------|----
---||
--o||
--o||
---||
Bridge
H Q. E
|-------------
|-5-----------
|------5----3-
|-------------
+H E E E
|-------------
|----------2-3
|-(3)----3----
|-------------
E Q E E Q.
---|----------
-4-|-5----5---
---|----5---5-
---|----------
E +E E Q
-----|--------
-----|-------5
---3-|-(3)-3--
-----|--------
E E E E
----------|
----2-3-4-|
--3-------|
----------|
Q. E Q E
|-------------
|-5----5------
|--------5--5-
|-------------
E Q. E Q
--|-----------
--|--------5--
5-|-3----3----
--|-----------
E E Q Q +Q
----|---------
--5-|-3-------
5---|---------
----|----1--(1
D.S.
.. S +H
-------|------
-----0-|-(0)--
-------|------
)------|------
al Coda &
E E Q W
---------||---
--0-0-0--||---
---------||-7-
---------||---
---||
---||
---||
---||
Outro
Q. E Q
||------------
||o-----------
||o--------/5-
||--3----3----
Q Q. E
-----|--------
-----|--------
-/5--|--------
-----|-3----3-
Q Q Q.
--------|-----
--------|-----
/5--/5--|-----
--------|-3---
E Q Q Q
-----------|--
-----------|--
---/5--/5--|-7
-3---------|--
. E Q Q
--------------
------/9--/9--
----7---------
--------------
3x
--||
-o||
-o||
--||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths