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Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Tab

by Otis Redding


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Verse 1:
	                      
	Sittin' in the mornin' sun,
	                        (B7Bb7) 
	I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes.
	                       
	Watching the ships roll in,
	                  (B7Bb7) 
	then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah.


Chorus:
	                              
	I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
	                       
	watching the tide roll away.
	                                       
	Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
	       
	wastin' time.


Verse 2:
	                      
	I left my home in Georgia,
	             (B7Bb7) 
	headed for the 'Frisco Bay.
	                      
	I have nothing to live for,
	                         (B7Bb7) 
	it look like nothin's gonna come my way.


Bridge:
	           
	Look like nothing's gonna change.
	     
	Everything still remains the same.
	                             
	I can't do what ten people tell me to do,
	                 
	so I guess I'll remain the same, yes.


Verse 3:
	                        
	I'm sittin' here restin' my bones,
	                        (B7Bb7) 
	and this loneliness won't leave me alone, yes.
	                       
	Two thousand miles I roamed
	                   (B7Bb7) 
	just to make this-a dock my home..

	Whistling through end