Otis Redding-Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - BPM - 125
Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [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, [C] [G] Eve [D]rything [C] still remains the [C] 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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Harmonica is - Vocal Patches - - - [Intro- Full drums] [E][E][A][E]
[Verse 1] (drums stop) [E] There she was, just-a [A] walkin' down the [E] street (drums in) Singin' ( [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do) Snappin' her fingers and [A] shufflin' her [E] feet Singin' ( [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do)
(drums stop) She [A]looked [E]good (she (snare)looked (snare)good) (drums stop) She [A]looked [E]fine (she (snare)looked (snare)fine) (drums stop) She [A]looked [E]good, she (snare)[A]looked (snare)[E]fine (drums carry on) [A]And I [E]nearly [A]lost my [E]mind
[Verse 2] Be [E]fore I knew it she was [A]walkin' next to [E]me Singin' [E]do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum, diddy [E]do [E]Holdin' my hand just as [A]natural as can [E]be Singin' [E]do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do)
We [A]walked [E]on (walked on) To [A]my [E]door (to my door) We [A]walked [E]on to [A]my [E]door [A]Then we [E]kissed a [A]little [E]more
[Interlude] [E] Whoa-oa, I [C#m] knew we was fallin' in love [A] Yes I did, and so I [B7] told her all the things I'd been [B] dreamin' [B7] of
[Verse 3] Now [E]we're together nearly [A]every single [E]day Singin' [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do [E] We're so happy and that's [A] how we're gonna [E] stay Singin' [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do
[Interlude 2 bars each chord] [E] Whoa-oa, I [C#m] knew we was fallin' in love [A] Yes I did, and so I [B7] told her all the things I'd been [B] dreamin' [B7] of
[Verse 4] Now [E] we're together nearly [A] every single [E] day Singin' [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do [E]We're so happy and that's [A] how we're gonna [E] stay Singin' [E]do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do
[E] Do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum diddy [E]do Well, sing it to me [E] Do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum diddy [E]do Oh, oh yeah [E] Do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum diddy [E]do
