Parentheses optional. Verse 1:

^GSittin' in the mornin' ^B7sun, C7 C7(B7Bb7) A7 I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes. ^GWatching the ships roll ^B7in, C7 C7(B7Bb7) A7 then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah.

Chorus:

I'm ^Gsittin' on the dock of the ^Ebay, watching the ^Gtide roll a^Eway. Oo, I'm just ^Gsittin' on the dock of the ^A7bay, ^Gwastin' ^Etime.

Verse 2:

^GI left my home in Georg^B7ia, C7 C7(B7Bb7) A7 headed for the 'Frisco Bay. ^GI have nothing to live ^B7for, C7 C7(B7Bb7) A7 it look like nothin's gonna come my way.

Bridge:

^GLook ^Dlike not^Ching's gonna change. ^GEve^Dryth^Cing still remains the same. ^GI ^Dcan't do what ^Cten people tell me to do, ^Fso I guess I'll re^D7main the same, yes.

Verse 3:

^GI'm sittin' here restin' ^B7my bones, C7 C7(B7Bb7) A7 and this loneliness won't leave me alone, yes. ^GTwo thousand miles I roa^B7med C7 C7(B7Bb7) A7 just to make this-a dock my home..

Whistling through end

Otis Redding - Sittin on the dock of the bay