{"id":899,"date":"2021-05-10T05:16:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T05:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=899"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:03:07","slug":"sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Sittin on the Dock of the Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Verse]\r\n<\/span> \r\nG<\/span>                      B<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sittin' in the morning sun\r\n<\/span><\/span>        C<\/span>              C<\/span> B<\/span> Bb<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I'll be sittin' in the evening come\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>                       B<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Watching the ships roll in,\r\n<\/span><\/span>       C<\/span>                C<\/span> B<\/span> Bb<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>then I watch them roll away   again, yeah\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\n    G<\/span>                          E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span><\/span>             G<\/span>          E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>watching the tide roll away\r\n<\/span><\/span>             G<\/span>                          A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>ooh I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span><\/span>        G<\/span>    E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>wasting ti---ime\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span> \r\nG<\/span>                 B<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I left my home in Georgia\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>              C<\/span> B<\/span> Bb<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Headed for the Frisco bay\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>                       B<\/span>\r\n<\/span>'Cause I've had nothing to live for\r\n<\/span><\/span>    C<\/span>                          C<\/span> B<\/span> Bb<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>and look like nothing's gonna come my way\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\n    G<\/span>                          E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span><\/span>             G<\/span>          E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>watching the tide roll away\r\n<\/span><\/span>             G<\/span>                          A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>ooh I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span><\/span>        G<\/span>    E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>wasting ti---ime\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n<\/span> \r\nG<\/span>      D<\/span>      C2<\/span>\r\n<\/span>  Look like nothing's gonna change\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>      D<\/span>         C2<\/span>\r\n<\/span>       Everything still remains the same\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>      D<\/span>             C2<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>     I can't do what ten people tell me to do\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>                    D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>   So I guess I'll remain the same\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span> \r\nG<\/span>                        B<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sittin' here resting my bones\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>                           C<\/span> B<\/span> Bb<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>and this loneliness won't leave me alone\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>                       B<\/span>\r\n<\/span>These 2000 miles I roamed\r\n<\/span><\/span>        C<\/span>           C<\/span> B<\/span> Bb<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>just to make this dock my home\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\n    G<\/span>                          E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span><\/span>             G<\/span>          E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>watching the tide roll away\r\n<\/span><\/span>             G<\/span>                          A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>ooh I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span><\/span>        G<\/span>    E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>wasting ti---ime\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n<\/span> \r\nG<\/span>             E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>G<\/span>             E<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n(whistle over these two chords and fade out)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n#####################\r\n\r\n<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n
[Intro]\r\nC<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nC<\/span>                      E<\/span>\r\nSittin' in the morning sun\r\n<\/span>        F<\/span>                F<\/span> E<\/span> Eb<\/span>  D<\/span>\r\nI'll be sittin' when the evening come\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>                       E<\/span>\r\nWatching the ships roll in\r\n<\/span>          F<\/span>               F<\/span> E<\/span> Eb<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nthen I'll watch 'em roll away   again, yeah\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n         C<\/span>                          A<\/span>\r\nI'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span>             C<\/span>          A<\/span>\r\nwatching the tide roll away\r\n<\/span>        C<\/span>                          D<\/span>\r\nooo I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span>        C<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\nwasting ti---ime\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nC<\/span>                 E<\/span>\r\nI left my home in Georgia and I\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>              F<\/span>   E<\/span> Eb<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nHeaded for the Frisco   bay\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>                          E<\/span>\r\n'Cause I've got nothing to live for\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>                         F<\/span>    E<\/span> Eb<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nLook like nothing's gonna come my   way\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n         C<\/span>                          A<\/span>\r\nI'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span>             C<\/span>          A<\/span>\r\nwatching the tide roll away\r\n<\/span>        C<\/span>                        D<\/span>\r\nooo I'm sittin' on the dock of a bay\r\n<\/span>        C<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\nwasting ti---ime\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nC<\/span>  G<\/span>         F<\/span>\r\n   Look like nothing's gonna change\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>       G<\/span>     F<\/span>\r\n   Everything seems to stay the same\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>  G<\/span>               F<\/span>          C<\/span>\r\n   I can't do what ten people tell me to do\r\n<\/span>A#<\/span>                   G<\/span>\r\n   So I guess I'll remain the same\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nC<\/span>                       E<\/span>\r\nSittin' here resting my bones\r\n<\/span>         F<\/span>                F<\/span>     E<\/span>  Eb<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nand this loneliness won't leave me a--lone\r\n<\/span>      C<\/span>            E<\/span>\r\nThese 2000 miles I roamed\r\n<\/span>        F<\/span>         F<\/span>    E<\/span> Eb<\/span> D<\/span>\r\njust to make this dock my   home\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n    C<\/span>                          A<\/span>\r\nI'm sittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span>             C<\/span>          A<\/span>\r\nWatching the tide roll away.  ooo\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>                          D<\/span>\r\nSittin' on the dock of the bay\r\n<\/span>            C<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\nI'm wasting ti---ime\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nC<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\nC<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\n \r\n(whistle over these two chords and fade out)\r\n<\/pre>\n
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[Verse] G B Sittin’ in the morning sun C C B Bb A I’ll be sittin’ in the evening come G B Watching the ships roll in, C C B Bb A then I watch them roll away again, yeah { CHORUS } G E I’m sittin’ on the dock … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSittin on the Dock of the Bay<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,265,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-best-songs","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30248,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/30248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}