Otis Redding - Sittin on the dock of the bay
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(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1968 Album THE DOCK OF THE BAY)
Words and Music by Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
Intro
Q=94
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|
|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E +E E Q Q e e e E +Q Q E E E E
||----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------4----4-(4)---|----5----------|------------------|
||o----5--------2-|-(2)-----2-------2-|-3-----3-2-1-0-|-(0)-----0--------|
||--3-----3-0-3---|-------------------|---------------|------0----0-1-2--|
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E +E E Q Q e e e E +Q Q E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|------4----4-(4)---|----5----------|-----------------||
|----5--------2-|-(2)-----2-------2-|-3-----3-2-1-0-|-(0)-----0-------||
|-3-----3-0-3---|-------------------|---------------|------0----0-1-2-||
H E E E E +W H E E E E +H +H
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------0-2-|-(2)--------|----------0-2-|-(2)----(2)----|
|--------2-----|------------|--------2-----|---------------|
|-3----3-------|------------|-3----3-------|---------------|
To Coda
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------o||
|--------/5--/5--|--------/7--/7--|--------/5--/5--|-7----o||
|-3----3---------|-5----5---------|-3----3---------|-------||
Bridge
H Q. E +H E E E E Q E E Q. E +E E Q E E E E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5-----------|----------2-3-4-|-5----5--------|-------5----2-3-4-|
|------5----3-|-(3)----3-------|----5---5----3-|-(3)-3----3-------|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q Q +Q.. S +H E E Q W
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||------||
|-5----5--------|--------5----5-|-3------------0-|-(0)----0-0-0--||------||
|--------5--5-5-|-3----3----5---|----------------|---------------||-7----||
|---------------|---------------|----1--(1)------|---------------||------||
Outro
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q 3x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|--------/9--/9---o||
||o--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|-7----7----------o||
||--3----3---------|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths