Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay Melody Maker Key Of "G" -2 -2 -2 -2 3 -2 -3 Sittin' in the morning sun -3 -3 4 4 4 4 4 -3 -2 I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come -2 -2 -2 3 -2 -3 Watchin' the ships roll in -3 -3 4 4 4 4 4 -3 -2 Then I watch them roll away again -3 3 2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 3 Yeah I'm Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay -3 -3 -3 5 -4 -3 3 -2 -3 3 -2 3 Watchin' the tide roll away 5 -3 -3 2 -2 -2 2 -2 -2 -2 3 Ooh I'm just Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay 3 2 -2-33-22 wastin' time Verse 2 I left my home in Georgia Headed for the Frisco Bay I have nothin' to live for Looks like nothin's gonna come my way So I'm gon' sit on the dock of the bay Watchin' the tide roll away Ooh I'm just Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay wastin' time 6 5 6 5 5 -4 -3 -2 Looks like, nothin's gonna change 5 -4 -4 -3 3 -2 -3 3 3 Every-thing still remains the same 6 5 5 -4 6 5 -4 5 -4 -3 3 I can't do what ten people tell me to do -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -5 -4 -5 -4 So I guess I'll remain the same Verse 3 Sittin' here restin' my bones and this lonliness won't leave me alone Two thousand miles I roam just to make this dock my home Now I'm just gon' sit at the dock of the bay Watchin' the tide roll away Ooh I'm just Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay wastin' time