Otis Redding - Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay

      Song: (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay
Artist: Otis Redding
Composers: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
27th Mar 2015

Emphasise the bass notes of each chord. Please note that the
G *, G/F and G/F# in brackets are just optional passing bass
notes not intended to be played as full chords.
Any inversions of the main chords is fine,  I just prefer to use
mainly barre chords for the verses, and 1st inversions to get into
descending bass notes in the choruses. 
The G/D in the intro and the E/B in the coda are the standard
G and E chords just emphasising the alternating bass note.

G    = 320033         (G *)  = 3xxxxx
G/D  = xx0033         (G/F#) = 2xxxxx
G ** = 355433          A *   = x02220
B    = 799877          A4    = x02230
C    = 8-10-10-9-8     C     = x32010
Bb   = 688766          D     = xx0232
A    = 577655          F     = 133211
E    = 022100          E/B   = x22100

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[Intro]
      G    (G/D)        G        (G/D)
e |---------3-3---3-3---|---------3-3---3-3---|  [x2]
B |---------3-3---3-3---|---------3-3---3-3---|
G |---------0-0---0-0---|---------0-0---0-0---|
D |---------0-0---0-0---|---------0-0---------|
A |---------------------|---------------------|
E |---3---3-------------|---3---3-------------|

[Verse 1]
G **                   B
Sittin' in the morning sun,
        C                    B  Bb   A
I'll be sittin' when the eve----ning comes,
G **                    B
Watching the ships roll in,
B      Bb   B C              C   B   Bb  A
   And then I watch 'em roll a - way a - gain ...Yeah!

[Chorus]
    G             (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
I'm sittin' on the dock of    the  bay,
             G    (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
Watching the tide roll------- a  - way,
             G                          A *
Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay, 
         G   (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
Wasting time--------------------!

[Verse 2]
  G **         A  Bb B
I left my ho - me in Georgia,
 C                     B  Bb  A    (A *)(A4)(A *)  (A *)(A4)(A *)
'Headed for the Fris - co---- Bay,
G **            A   Bb B
I've had noth - ing to live for,
              C                    B  Bb  A
And look like nothing's gonna come my---- way!

[Chorus]
                   G         (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
So, I'm just gonna sit on the dock of    the  bay,
             G    (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
Watching the tide roll------- a  - way,
             G                          A *
Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay, 
         G   (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
Wasting time--------------------!

[Bridge]
G       D        C
   Look like  ...nothing's gonna change,
G          D     C
   Every - thing  ...still remains the same,
G          D       C          G
   I can't do what ten people tell me to do,
F                         D
   So, I guess, I'll re - main the same, yes!

[Verse 3]
     G **                    B
Just sittin' here resting my bones,
         C                      B  Bb  A
And this loneliness won't leave me a - lone,
        G **                 B
It's ...two thousand miles I roam,
        C              B  Bb  A
Just to make this dock my---- home!

[Chorus]
                    G          (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock  of    a    bay,
             G    (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
Watching the tide roll-----   a  - way,
          G                          A
Hoo -wee, I'm sittin' on a dock of a bay,
         G   (G *)(G/F#)(G/F) E
Wasting time--------------------!

[Coda -whistling]
    G    G/D G/D  G    G/D G/D  G    G/D G/D  E    E/B E/B
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