Tuning:

^GSitting in the morning ^B7sun; I'll be ^Csitting when the evening ^Acomes. ^GWatching the ships roll ^B7in And I ^Cwatch 'em roll away a^Again, yeah.

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^GSitting on the dock of the ^Ebay Watching the ^Gtide roll aw^Eay. I'm just ^Gsitting on the dock of the ^Abay Wasting ^Gtime. ^E eoc

I left my home in Georgia Headed for the 'Frisco bay 'Cause I had nothin to live for And look like nothing's gonna come my way So I'm just...

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^GLook ^D7like nothing's gonna change ^G E^D7verything ^Cstill remains the same ^G I ^D7can't do what people tell ^Gme to do. ^F So I guess I'll remain^D the same.

Sittin here resting my bones And this loneliness won't leave me alone It's two thousand miles I roamed Just to make this dock my home Now, I'm just...

c:repeat chorus

Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay