Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay Tab

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this is the way i use to play it and it's a very easy song for beginners
 
by: Alexander Skytte
 
intro(bass)
 
e ||------------------------|
B ||------------------------|
G ||------------------------|
D ||------------------------| x4
A ||---3---3----------------|
E ||-----------3-3----------| 
 
verse 1 (alternative verse at bottom)
 
Sitting in the morning sun
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
I'll be sitting when the evening comes
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Watching the ships roll in
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
And I watch 'em roll away again
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Chorus 1
 
Sitting on the dock of the bay
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Watching the tide roll away
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Wasting time
 
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
verse 2
 
I left my home in Georgia
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------|
 
'Cause I had nothin to live for
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
And look like nothing's gonna come my way
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
chorus 2
 
So I'm just Sitting on the dock of the bay
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Watching the tide roll away
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Wasting time
 
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
bridge:
 
Look like nothing's gonna change
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3-----------|
G ||---2---2---0---0---3---3---3---3-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---3---3---3---3------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Everything still remains the same
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3-----------|
G ||---2---2---0---0---3---3---3---3-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---3---3---3---3------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1-----------|
G ||---2---2---0---0---3---3---2---2-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---3---3---3---3------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
So I guess I'll remain the same
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---8---8---8---8---1---1---1---1-----------|
G ||---8---8---8---8---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-8---8----8---8---3---3---3---3------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
verse 3
 
Sittin here resting my bones
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------|
 
It's two thousand miles I roamed
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------|
G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------| 
 
Just to make this dock my home
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------|
D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------|
 
alternative verse:
 
e ||-------------------------------------------|
B ||-------------------------------------------|
G ||--2---2/4/5/6---6/7--7---7/6/5/4--4-4------|
D ||--3---3/5/6/7---7/8--8---8/7/6/5--5-5------|
A ||-------------------------------------------|
E ||-------------------------------------------|
 
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