(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

by Otis Redding

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(Sittin' On) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
by: Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
Key: F

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Sit-tin' in the morn-ing sun
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I'll be sit-tin' when the eve-nin' comes
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Watch-in' the ships roll in
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Then I watch 'em roll a-way a-gain

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Yeah! I'm sit-tin' on the dock of the bay
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Watch-ing the tide  roll a-way oo-ee
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Sit-tin' on the dock of the bay
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Wast-ing time

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I left my home in Geor-gia
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Head-ed for the 'Fris-co bay
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I have noth-in to live for
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Looks like noth-ing's gon-na come my way

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So I'm just gon-na sit on the dock of the bay
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Watch-ing the tide  roll a-way oo-ee
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Sit-tin' on the dock of the bay
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Wast-ing time

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Look like noth-ing's gon-na change
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Ev-'ry-thing still re-mains the same
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I can't do what ten peo-ple tell me to do
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So  I guess I'll re-main the same

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Sit-tin here rest-ing my bones
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And this lone-li-ness won't leave me a-lone
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Two thous-and miles I roamed
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Just to make this dock my home

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Now I'm just gon-na sit on the dock of the bay
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Watch-ing the tide  roll a-way oo-ee
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Sit-tin' on the dock of the bay
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Wast-ing time

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