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Artist: Otis Redding
Song: Dock Of the Bay
Tabbed by: John Leadman
The chords are correct although they might not be in the right
positions. It's really hard to hear the rhythm guitar in this
song. These chord positions are just the ones I like to use.
I haven't tabbed the lead guitar fills, which I think are played
by Steve Cropper. For those of you who don't know Steve Cropper,
he played in the Blues Brothers movie and is a great guitar player.
And this is a great song.
CHORDS:
G (320033) A (x02220) C2 (x32010)
B (x2444x) E (022100)
C (x3555x) D (xx0232)
Bb (x1333x) F (133211)
VERSE 1:
G B
Sittin' in the morning sun
C C B Bb A
I'll be sittin' in the evening come
G B
Watching the ships roll in,
C C B Bb A
then I watch them roll away again, yeah
CHORUS:
G E
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
watching the tide roll away
G A
ooh I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
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:
-
G D C2
Look like nothing's gonna change
G D C2
Everything still remains the same
G D C2 G
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
F D
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]
G E
G E
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Great job, chorus needs fixin' though.
What I use is: G, B7 (Or B), C, A for the first two lines of the chorus. I think it sounds better :)
Buen trabajo, John, nice job. I play bass in a group in Sevilla (Andalucía - SPAIN) and we perform "The Dock of the Bay" in C, instead of G, because our singer is a woman and she likes singing in that musical note. I like quite a lot your work. In my opinion, it's perfect. Congratulations.
The E's should be minor. U can tell because of the fact that he whistles the minor pentatonic scale and the first e major in the chorus is a Bm or B not to sure