Dock Of The Bay

>From: shotokan@diku.dk (Kim H|glund)

>Subject: CRD: Sitting On the Dock of The Bay -- Otis REdding

cscsj@lux.latrobe.edu.au ( Junacko) writes:

>Okay, any tabs appreicated. If not - I'll just have to whistle.

Ok, here's the lyrics, chords and a little bit of tab. I've only tab'ed the

main riff used in the chorus. On the record Steve Cropper plays some very

neat doublestops during most of the song -- a real masterpiece in soul

rhythm guitar.

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

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Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

Verse 1:

Sittin' in the mornin' sun,

I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes.

Watching the ships roll in,

then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah.

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,

headed for the 'Frisco Bay.

I have nothing to live for,

it look like nothin's gonna come my way.

So, I'm just gon' sit on the dock of the bay,

watching the tide roll away.

Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,

wastin' time.

Look like nothing's gonna change.

Ev'rything 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,

and this loneliness won't leave me alone, yes.

Two thousand miles I roamed

just to make this-a dock my home.

Now, I'm just gon' sit at the dock of the bay,

watching the tide roll away.

Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,

wastin' time.

Main riff:

The riff used during the choruses goes something like this...

e ----10----10----10-10-------|-------------------------|

B -10h12-10h12-10h12-10----12-|-------------------------|

G ----------------------12-11-|-------------------------|

D ----------------------------|-------------------------|

A ----------------------------|-------------------------|

E ----------------------------|-------------------------|

| | |__| |__| | | | |

\ These notes ring throughout

the following bar

e ----10----10----10-10-------|-------------------------|

B -10h12-10h12-10h12-10----12-|-------------------------|

G ----------------------12-11-|-------------------------|

D ----------------------------|-------------------------|

A ----------------------------|-------------------------|

E ----------------------------|-------------------------|

| | |__| |__| | | | |

\ These notes ring throughout

the following bar

e -------10-10----10-10----------|-12----12----------------------|

B ----10h12----10h12-10----12h14-|----14----14-12h14-12----10h12-|

G ----------------------12-------|----------------------14-------|

D -------------------------------|-------------------------------|

A -------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E -------------------------------|-------------------------------|

| |__| |__| |____| |__| |__| |__| |____|

e -10----10-------10-10----------|-------------------------|

B ----12----12-10h12-10----------|-------------------------|

G -------------------------11/13-|-------------------------|

D -------------------------------|-------------------------|

A -------------------------------|-------------------------|

E -------------------------------|-------------------------|

|__| |__| |__| |_____| | | | |

\ This note ring throughout

the following bar

Enjoy,

--Kim

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Kim H|glund, shotokan@diku.dk, CS Dept. at U of Copenhagen, Denmark

"I've got plenty of common sense. I just choose to ignore it." -- Calvin