[Intro]



[Verse]
             
Sittin' in the

         
 morning sun
             
I'll be sittin

            
' when the eve

   
ning come
             
Watching the s

          
hips roll in
             
then I'll watc

             
h 'em roll awa

  
y   again, yea

h


[Chorus]
             
I'm just sitti

              
n' on the dock

        
 of the bay
             
watching the t

          
ide roll away
             
ooo I'm sittin

              
' on the dock 

       
of the bay
            
wasting ti---i

me


[Verse]
             
I left my home

    
 in Georgia an

d I
             
Headed for the

      
 Frisco   bay
             
'Cause I've go

             
t nothing to l

ive for
             
Look like noth

             
ing's gonna co

     
me my   way


[Chorus]
             
I'm just sitti

              
n' on the dock

        
 of the bay
             
watching the t

          
ide roll away
             
ooo I'm sittin

              
' on the dock 

     
of a bay
            
wasting ti---i

me


[Bridge]
           
   Look like n

othing's gonna

 change
            
   Everything 


seems to stay 

the same
            
   I can't do 

             
what ten peopl

  
e tell me to d

o
             
   So I guess 

       
I'll remain th

e same


[Verse]
             
Sittin' here r

          
esting my bone

s
             
and this lonel

             
iness won't le

       
ave me a--lone
             
These 2000 mil

     
es I roamed
             
just to make t

          
his dock my   


home


[Chorus]
             
I'm sittin' on

              
 the dock of t

   
he bay
             
Watching the t

          
ide roll away.

  ooo
             
Sittin' on the

             
 dock of the b

ay
             
I'm wasting ti

   
---ime


[Outro]
  
  

(whistle over these two chords and fade out)