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Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding - Guitar Chords

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            Song: (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay
Artist: Otis Redding
Composers: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper

Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar-) 27th Mar 2015

NOTE: Emphasise the bass notes of each chord. 

In the Choruses the (G *)(G/F)and(G/F#) in brackets are just optional
passing bass notes, and not intended to be played as full chords.

Any inversions of the main chords will work fine, I just prefer to
use mainly barre chords for the Verses, and then the 1st inversions
for the 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.

For the Asus4 chords in Verse 2 hammer-on on the 2nd string.

G    = 320033          A    = 577655     A *   = x02220
G/D  = xx0033          E    = 022100     Asus4 = x02230
G ** = 355433         (G *) = 3xxxxx     C *   = x32010
B    = 799877         (G/F#)= 2xxxxx     D     = xx0232
C    = 8-10-10-9-8    (G/F) = 1xxxxx     F     = 133211
Bb   = 688766                            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 *)(Asus4)(A *) (A *)(Asus4)(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
||: /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  / : ||[x2]
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