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
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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]