Instruments

| G G/D | [x4]

Verse

| G | B7 | C | A | Sittin' in the mornin' sun. I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come| G | B7 | C | A | Watching the ships roll in. And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

* Hook

| G | Eadd9 | G | Eadd9 |I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay. Watching the tide roll away | G | A | G | E |I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay. Wastin' time

Verse

| G | B7 | C | A7 |I left my home in Georgia. Headed for the 'Frisco bay | G | B7 | C | A7 |I've had nothing to live for. Look like nothin's gonna come my way

* Hook

| G | Eadd9 | G | Eadd9 |I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay. Watching the tide roll away | G | A | G | E |I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay. Wastin' time

Bridge

| G D | C | Look like nothing's gonna change| G D | C | Everything still remains the same| G D | C G | 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 | C | A7 | Sittin' here resting my bones. And this loneliness won't leave me alone | G | B | C | A7 |It's two thousand miles I roamed. Just to make this dock my home

* Hook

| G | Eadd9 | G | Eadd9 |I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay. Watching the tide roll away | G | A | G | E |I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay. Wastin' time

Instruments (Fade out)

| G | G | G | E | [x3]