(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (alternate) chords by Otis Redding
Verse 1
G
1, 2, 3, 4
B
Sitting in the morning sun
C
A
I'll be sitting when the evening comes
G
B
Watching the ships roll in
C
A
Then I'll watch them roll away again
G
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
E
G
E
Watchin' the tide roll away
G
A
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G
E
Wastin' time
G
B
I left my home in Georgia
C
A
And I headed for the Frisco Bay
G
B
Cause I've got nothing to live for
C
A
Look like nothing's gonna come my way
G
So I'm just gonna sit on
the darker bed
E
G
Watching the tide roll away
E
G
A
Sitting on the darker bed
G
Wasting time
E
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
G
D
C
Look like nothing's going
G
to change.
D
C
G
Everything seems to stay the same.
D
C
G
I can't do what 10 people tell me to do.
F
D
So I guess I'll remain the same.
G
B
Sitting here resting my bones.
C
And this loneliness won't
A
leave me alone
G
B
Listen, for two thousand miles I roamed
C
A
Just to make this dock my home
G
Now I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
E
G
E
Watching the tides roll away
G
A
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Outro 1
I'm wasting time
G
E
G
E
G
G
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (alternate)
Otis Redding
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