Verse 1:
SOL SISittin' in the mornin' sun,
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes.
SOL SIWatching the ships roll in,
DO SI SIb LAthen I watch 'em roll away again, yeah.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
watching the tide roll away.
SOL LAOo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
SOL MIwastin' time.
Verse 2:
SOL SII left my home in Georgia,
headed for the 'Frisco Bay.
SOL SII have nothing to live for,
DO SI SIb LAit look like nothin's gonna come my way.
Bridge:
SOL RE DOLook like nothing's gonna change.
Ev'rything still remains the same.
SOL RE DO SOLI can't do what ten people tell me to do,
FA REso I guess I'll remain the same, yes.
Verse 3:
SOL SII'm sittin' here restin' my bones,
and this loneliness won't leave me alone, yes.
DO SI SIb LATwo thousand miles I roamed
SOL SIjust to make this-a dock my home..
Repeat Chorus and end
Verse 1:
SOL SISittin' in the mornin' sun,
I'll be sittin' when the evenin'
LA..comes.
SOL SIWatching the ships roll in,
then I watch 'em roll away again,
..yeah.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the
..bay,
SOL MIwatching the tide roll away.
Oo, I'm just sittin' on the dock
LA..of the bay,
SOL MIwastin' time.
Verse 2:
SOL SII left my home in Georgia,
headed for the 'Frisco Bay.
SOL SII have nothing to live for,
DO SI SIb LAit look like nothin's gonna come
..my way.
Bridge:
SOL RE DOLook like nothing's gonna change.
SOL RE DOEv'rything still remains the
..same.
SOL RE DO SOLI can't do what ten people tell
..me to do,
FA REso I guess I'll remain the same,
..yes.
Verse 3:
SOL SII'm sittin' here restin' my
..bones,
DO SI SIb LAand this loneliness won't leave
..me alone, yes.
DO SI SIb LATwo thousand miles I roamed
SOL SIjust to make this-a dock my
..home..
Repeat Chorus and end
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