Otis Redding-Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - BPM - 135
[Intro] [G]
[Verse 1] [G] Sittin' in the mornin' [B7] sun, I'll be [C] sittin' when the evenin' [A] comes. [G] Watching the ships roll [B7] in, (* C to A - play power chords chromatically down) Then I [C] watch 'em roll away a- [A] gain, yeah.
[Chorus] I'm [G] sittin' on the dock of the [E] bay Watching the [G] tide roll a- [E] way. Ooo, I'm just [G] sittin' on the dock of the [A] bay Wastin' [G] tim [E] e.
[Verse 2] I [G] left my home in [B7] Georgia, [C] Headed for the 'Frisco [A] Bay. [G] 'Cause I've had nothing to [B7] live for, And look like [C] nothing's gonna come my [A] way.
[Chorus] So I'm just gon' s [G] it on the dock of the b [E] ay, Watching the [G] tide roll a- [E] way. Ooo, I'm [G] sittin' on the dock of the [A] bay Wastin' [G] tim [E] e.
[Bridge] [G] ... Looks like [D] no [C]thing's gonna change, [G] Eve [D]rything [C] still remains the same. [G] I can't [D]do what ten[C] people tell me [G] to do [F] So I [F]guess I'll remain [D] the same, [D]yes.
[Verse 3] [G] Sittin' here resting my [B7] bones And this [C] loneliness won't leave me a [A] lone. "(Listen)" It's [G] two thousand miles I [B7] roamed, Just to [C] make this dock my [A] home.
[Chorus] Now I'm just gonna [G] sit at the dock of the [E] bay Watching the [G] tide roll a [E] way. Ooo, I'm [G] sittin' on the dock of the [A] bay, [G][E]
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[BPM 135 - Intro D/A = 557775 D/C# = 9x777x OR x00232 AND x40232 FOR FULLER SOUND IN CHORUSES] [Riff x 4 - No drums for 1st then backward beat] Emaj then play low E muted with 6th then 7th on A D 2-2--------- A 2-2--2-4-5-- E 0-0--X-X-X--
[Chorus - Normal drums - D/A - x00232, D/C# - x40232] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When I'm [D/C#]
[Verse] [E] drivin' in my car [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on the radio [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And he's [E] tellin' me more and [D/A] more [D/A] - [D/A] about [D/C#] some [E] useless informa [D/A] tion [D/A] - [D/A] Supposed [D/C#] to [E] fire my imaginat [D/A] ion [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When [D/C#] I'm
[Verse] [E] watchin' my [D/A] TV [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on to [D/A] tell me - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] How [E] white my shirts can be [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Well, he [E] can't be a man 'cause he [D/A] does [D/A] n't [D/A] smoke [D/C#] the [E] same cigarettes [D/A] as me [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Verse] When I'm [E] ridin' 'round the [D/A] world [D/A][D/A] And [D/C#] I'm [E] doin' this and I'm [D/A] sign [D/A] in' [D/A] that [D/C#] And I'm [E] tryin' to make some girl [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Who tells me, [E] baby, better come back [D/A] later [D/A] next week, [D/A][D/C#] 'cos you [E] see I'm on a [D/A] losing [D/A][D/A] streak [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus] I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#]
