Sittin on the Dock of the Bay Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Sittin on the Dock of the Bay guitar chord and lesson page by Otis Redding. This is a beautiful guitar song and really great way to practice barre chords.
This song features a B major barre chord in the verses as well as and F major barre chord on the bridge. The rest of the chords are open chords.
You could play many of the chords of this song as barre chords but I will leave that up to you to decide.
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Sittin on the Dock of the Bay Guitar Chords:
Sittin on the Dock of the Bay Strumming Patterns:
Make sure to listen to the song because some of the chords are going to change on the upstrum and be held through the next measure as shown below.
Strumming Option 1:
G B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D DU U D U UD D U DU
Strumming Option 2:
G B
1 + a 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + a 3 + 4 +
D U DU DU D U UD U DU DU
Sittin on the Dock of the Bay Guitar Lesson:
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Sittin on the Dock of the Bay Chord Chart:
INTRO: G G G G
VERSE:
|G B| B
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
|C A| A
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
|G B| B
Watching the ships roll in
|C A| A
Then I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah
CHORUS:
|G E| E
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
|G E| E
Watching the tide roll away
|G A| A
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
|G E| E
Wastin' time
VERSE:
|G B| B
I left my home in Georgia
|C A| A
Headed for the 'Frisco Bay
|G B| B
I have nothing to live for
|C A| A
Look like nothin's gonna come my way
CHORUS:
|G E| E
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
|G E| E
Watching the tide roll away
|G A| A
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
|G E| E
Wastin' time
BRIDGE:
|G D| C
Looks like, nothing's gonna change
|G D| C
Everything still remains the same
|G D| C
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
F D
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes
VERSE:
|G B| B
Sittin' here resting my bones
|C A| A
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
|G B| B
It's two thousand miles I roam
|C A| A
Just to make this dock my home
CHORUS:
|G E| E
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
|G E| E
Watching the tide roll away
|G A| A
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
|G E| E
Wastin' time
Whistling Out Over Chorus Chords.
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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