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Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay
Mel O'Joe
by Otis Redding
Intro 4 bars of G (Bass comes in on bar 3)
| E | G#7 |
| Sittin' in the mornin' | sun |
| A | F# |
| I'll be | sittin' when the evenin' | comes |
| E | G#7 |
| Watching the ships roll | in |
| A | F# |
| And then I | watch 'em roll away a | gain, yeah |
| E | C# |
| I'm | sittin' on the dock of the | bay |
| E | C# |
| Watching the | tide roll a | way |
| E | F# |
| Ooo, I'm just | sittin' on the dock of the | bay |
| E | G#7 |
| I | left my home in | Georgia |
| A | F# |
| Headed for the 'Frisco | Bay |
| E | G#7 |
| 'Cause I've had nothing to | live for |
| A | F# |
| And look like | nothin's gonna come my | way |
| E | C# |
| So I'm just gonna | sit on the dock of the | bay |
| E | C# |
| Watching the | tide roll a | way |
| E | F# |
| Ooo, I'm | sittin' on the dock of the | bay |
| E | B | A |
| Looks | like, | nothing's gonna change |
| E | B | A |
| Everyt | hing still re | mains the same |
| E | B | A |
| I can't | do what | ten people tell me to do |
| D | B |
| So I guess I'll re | main the same, yes |
| E | G#7 |
| Sittin' here resting my | bones |
| A | F# |
| And this | loneliness won't leave me a | lone |
| E | G#7 |
| It's | two thousand miles I | roamed |
| A | F# |
| Just to | make this dock my | home |
| E | C# |
| Now I'm just gonna | sit on the dock of the | bay |
| E | C# |
| Watching the | tide roll a | way |
| E | F# |
| Ooo, I'm | sittin' on the dock of the | bay |
Finale' Whistling