Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding


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Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding ( with Steve Cropper) 

             
Sittin' in the

         
 mornin' sun
             
I'll be sittin

              
' when the eve

     
nin' comes
             
Watching the s

          
hips roll in
             
And then I wat

              
ch 'em roll aw

   
ay again, yeah

             
I'm sittin' on

              
 the dock of t

   
he bay
             
Watching the t

         
ide roll away
              
Ooo, I'm just 

             
sittin' on the

             
 dock of the b

ay
         
Wastin' time

             
I left my home

    
 in Georgia
             
Headed for the

         
 'Frisco Bay
             
'Cause I've ha

             
d nothing to l

ive for
             
And look like 

              
nothin's gonna

         
 come my way

              
So I'm just go

             
nna sit on the

             
 dock of the b


ay
             
Watching the t

         
ide roll away
             
Ooo, I'm sitti

              
n' on the dock

        
 of the bay
         
Wastin' time

           
Looks like, no

              
thing's gonna 

               
change
           
Everything sti

              
ll remains the

 
 same
           
I can't do wha

              
t ten people t

        
ell me to do
             
So I guess I'l

        
l remain the s

ame, yes

             
Sittin' here r

         
esting my bone

s
             
And this lonel

              
iness won't le

       
ave me alone
             
It's two thous

            
and miles I ro

amed
             
Just to make t

            
his dock my ho

me
 
             
Now I'm just g

              
onna sit on th

              
e dock of the 


bay
             
Watching the t

         
ide roll away
             
Ooo, I'm sitti

              
n' on the dock

        
 of the bay
         
Wastin' time



Note: you can substitute B7 for B and a lot of people do, but I believe the B sounds better.

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