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[Verse 1]
             
Sittin' in the

         
 mornin' sun,
            
I'll be sittin

            
' when the eve

 (  
nin'   comes.
             
Watching the s

          
hips roll in,
            
then I watch '

       ( 
em roll away  

 
 again, yeah.


[Chorus]
             
I'm sittin' on

              
 the dock of t

   
he bay,
             
watching the t

          
ide roll away.
             
Oo, I'm just s

              
ittin' on the 

            
dock of the ba

y,
       
wastin' time.


[Verse 2]
             
I left my home

         
 in Georgia,
            
headed for the

  (  
 'Frisco   Bay


.
             
I have nothing

         
 to live for,
            
it look like n

             
othin's gonna 

 (  
come   my way.


[Chorus]
             
I'm sittin' on

              
 the dock of t

   
he bay,
             
watching the t

          
ide roll away.
             
Oo, I'm just s

              
ittin' on the 

            
dock of the ba

y,
       
wastin' time.


[Bridge]
           
Look like noth

ing's gonna ch

ange.
     
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.


[Verse 3]
             
I'm sittin' he

           
re restin' my 

bones,
            
and this lonel

            
iness won't le

 (  
ave   me alone

, yes.
             
Two thousand m

          
iles I roamed
            
just to make t

        ( 
his-a dock my 

 
  home..


[Chorus]
             
I'm sittin' on

              
 the dock of t

   
he bay,
             
watching the t

          
ide roll away.
             
Oo, I'm just s

              
ittin' on the 

            
dock of the ba

y,
       
wastin' time.

Whistling through end