(c)1967 Words & Music Otis Redding & Steve Cropper, Arr. Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings, #28 of RS´s "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I´m sittin´ in the mornin´ sun, sittin´ when the evening comes Watchin´ the ships roll in, then I watch them roll away again I´m sittin´ on the dock of the bay.. watchin´ the tide roll away.. I´m sittin´ on the dock of the bay.. wastin´ time.. I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay I´ve had nothin´ to live for, it look like nothin´s gonna come my way So, I´m just gonna sit on the dock of the bay.. watchin´ the tide roll away.. I´m sittin´ on the dock of the bay.. wastin´ time.. Look like nothing´s ever gonna change Every thing still remains the same I can´t do what ten people tell me to do So I guess, I´ll remain the same, yes.. [harmonica break Sittin´ here restin´ my bones, and this loneliness won´t leave me alone Two thousand miles I roam, just to make! this dock my home I´m sittin´ on the dock of the bay, watchin´ the tide roll away I´m sittin´ on the dock of the bay, wastin´ time...... [harmonica fade out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harmonica key of G ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While on tour with the Bar-Kays in August 1967, Redding wrote the first verse of the song, under the abbreviated title "Dock of the Bay," on a houseboat at Waldo Point in Sausalito, California. In 1966 and 1967, Redding performed "A Hard Day's Night" and "Day Tripper" at some of his concerts. He had come off his famed ...
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