[Verse 1]

             
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


[Chorus]

             
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


[Verse 2]

             
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


[Chorus]

              
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


[Bridge]

           
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


[Verse 3]

             
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
 

[Chorus]

              
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