Sol                    Si
Sittin' in the mornin' sun,
        Do               Si Sib  La
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes.
Sol                     Si
Watching the ships roll in,
       Do             Si    Sib   La
then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah.
    Sol                        Mi
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
             Sol       Mi
watching the tide roll away.
             Sol                        La
Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
        Sol    Mi
wastin' time.

  Sol             Si
I left my home in Georgia,
Do              Si Sib  La
headed for the 'Frisco Bay.
Sol               Si
I have nothing to live for,
             Do             Si  Sib  La
it look like nothin's gonna come my way.
                  Sol                    Mi
So, I'm just gon' sit on the dock of the bay,
             Sol       Mi
watching the tide roll away.
             Sol                        La
Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
        Sol   Mi
wastin' time.

Sol       Re   Do
     Look like nothing's gonna change.
Sol       Re            Do
     Ev'rything still remains the same.
Sol          Re          Do          Sol
     I can't do what ten people tell me to do,
Fa                    Re
    so I guess I'll remain the same, yes.

    Sol                     Si
I'm sittin' here restin' my bones,
         Do               Si    Sib La
and this loneliness won't leave me alone, yes.
Sol                  Si
Two thousand miles I roamed
        Do          Si   Sib  La
just to make this-a dock my home.


                   Sol                    Mi
Now, I'm just gon' sit at the dock of the bay,
             Sol        Mi
watching the tide roll away.
             Sol                        La
Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
        Sol    Mi
wastin' time.