Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

  Sittin' in the morning sun

  I'll be sittin' in the evening come

  Watching the ships roll in,

  then I watch them roll away again, yeah

Chorus

  I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay

  watching the tide roll away

  ooh I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay

  wasting ti---ime

Verse 2

[play like verse 1]

I left my home in Georgia

Headed for the Frisco bay

'Cause I've had nothing to live for

and look like nothing's gonna come my way

Chorus

[play like first chorus]

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay

watching the tide roll away, oooh

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay

wasting time

Bridge

-

  Look like nothing's gonna change

  Everything still remains the same

  I can't do what ten people tell me to do

  So I guess I'll remain the same

Verse 3

[play like verses 1 & 2]

Sittin' here resting my bones

and this loneliness won't leave me alone

These 2000 miles I roamed

just to make this dock my home

Chorus

[play like previous choruses]

Now I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay

watching the tide roll away, oooh

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

wasting time

Outro

[whistle over these two chords and fade out]