Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays588

Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay by Michael Bolton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Asus2, F#, G, F, E, D7, C/D, B, A and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: D Asus2 

Verse: 1 
D                      F# 
Sittin' in the mornin' sun 
        G                G  F F# E 
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes 
D                       F# 
Watching the ships roll in 
       G              G F   F# E 
Then I watch 'em roll away a--gain, yeah 



D              D    D7 C/D B 
Sittin' on the dock of the bay 
             D    D D7 C/D B 
Watchin' the tide roll    away 
D                          E 
Sittin' on the dock of the bay 
        D   D D7 C/D B 
Wastin' tiiiiiiiiiiiime 


Verse: 2 
D         D E F   F# 
Left my home   in Georgia 
G               G  F F# E 
Headed for the 'Frisco  bay 
D        D     E F   F# 
I've had nothing  to live for 
          G              G  F F# E 
Look like nothin's gonna come my way 


 
             D           D    D7 C/D B 
I just gonna sitt on the dock of the bay 
                D    D D7 C/D B 
Gonna watch the tide roll    away 
    D                          E 
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay 
        D    D D7 C/D B 
Wastin' tiiiiiiiiiiiiime yeah 


Bridge 
D       A        G 
  Looks like nothing's ever gonna change 
D      A           G 
  Everything, everything remains the same 
D         A       G 
  I can't do what ten people tell me to do 
C                   A 
  So I guess I'll remain the same 


Solo 
D  E F F#  G  G F# F E 
D  E F F#  G  G F# F E 


Bridge 
D       A        G 
  Looks like nothing's ever gonna change 
D      A       G 
  Everything, remains the same 
D         A       G 
  I can't do what ten people tell me to do 
C                   A 
  So I guess I'll remain the same 


Verse: 3 
D            D   E F    F# 
Sittin' here resting my bones 
     G                G     F F# E 
This loneliness won't leave me  alone 
D            D E F   F# 
Two thousand miles I roamed 
        G         G    F F# E 
Just to make this dock my   home 


               D          D    D7 C/D B 
I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay 
                    D    D D7 C/D B                            D 
I'm gonna watch the tide roll,      gonna watch the tide roll away 
                   E 
On the dock of the bay 
            D       D D7 C/D B 
Gonna waste,  waste,     Oh, no oh no no. 


Outro 
                D 
Just. I'm gonna sit (Sittin' on the dock of the bay) 
                      D D7 C/D B 
Oh yeah (Sit), oh yeah           (Sit) 
D 
(sittin' on the dock of the bay) 
                   D D7 C/D B 
Oh whoa (Sit), whoa 
 D 
(Sittin' on the dock of the bay) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante