The dock of the bay (1968)    (video)    (midi)

 

      C                                E              F                                      D

1. Sitting in the morning sun, I'll be sitting when the evening comes.

        C                               E                F                                 D

    Watching the ships roll in,  then I watch them roll away again, yeah.

  C                                     A                          C                   A

Sitting on the dock of the bay, watching the tide rolling away,

        C                                      D                 C    - A

just sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time.

 

       C                         E            F                                D

2. I left my home in Georgia, headed for the 'Frisco bay,

    C                            E                      F                                        D

    I had nothin to live for,  looks like nothing's gonna come my way.

 

So I'm just  + CHORUS

 

C             G     F

    Looks like nothing's gonna change,

C  G                F         \

    everything still remains the same,

C     G                   F

    I can't do what ten people tell me to do,

Bb                           G

    so I guess I'll remain the same.

      C                                E                       F                                         D

3. Sittin here resting my bones, and this loneliness won't leave me alone.

           C                                E                       F                           D

    It's two thousand miles I roamed, just to make this dock my home.

 

    Now, I'm just  + CHORUS

 

    (Otis Redding)