Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay By Otis Redding – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chords
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chords/Lyrics/Verse
G B7
Sitting in the morning sun
C A
I’ll be sitting when the evening comes
G B7
Watching the ships roll in
C A
Then I’ll be watching them roll away again
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chords/Lyrics/Chorus
G E
Sitting at the dock of the bay
G E
Watching the tide roll away
G A
Sitting at the dock of the bay
G E
Wasting time
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay /Lyrics/Verse
G B7
I left my home in Georgia
C A
Headed for the Frisco Bay
G B7
I had nothing to live for
C A
Looks like nothing gonna come my way
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chords/Lyrics/Chorus
G E
Sitting at the dock of the bay
G E
Watching the tide roll away
G A
Sitting at the dock of the bay
G E
Wasting time
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chord/Lyrics/Bridge
G D C G
Looks like nothing’s gonna change
G D C G
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, check it
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chord/Lyrics/Verse
G B7
Sitting here resting my bones
C A
And the loneliness won’t leave me alone
G B7
Two thousand miles I roam
C A
Just to make this dock my home
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chord/Lyrics/Chorus
G E
Sitting at the dock of the bay
G E
Watching the tide roll away
G A
Sitting at the dock of the bay
G E
Wasting time
David Gray
Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Redding’s style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s.
Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and at the age of 2, moved to Macon, Georgia. Redding quit school at age 15 to support his family, working with Little Richard’s backing band, the Upsetters, and by performing in talent shows at the historic Douglass Theatre in Macon. In 1958, he joined Johnny Jenkins’s band, the Pinetoppers, with whom he toured the Southern states as a singer and driver. An unscheduled appearance on a Stax recording session led to a contract and his first single, “These Arms of Mine”, in 1962.
Stax released Redding’s debut album, Pain in My Heart, two years later. Initially popular mainly with African-Americans, Redding later reached a wider American pop music audience. Along with his group, he first played small shows in the American South. He later performed at the popular Los Angeles night club Whisky a Go Go and toured Europe, performing in London, Paris and other major cities. He also performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
Shortly before his death in a plane crash, Redding wrote and recorded his iconic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” with Steve Cropper. The song became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. The album The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. Redding’s premature death devastated Stax. Already on the verge of bankruptcy, the label soon discovered that the Atco division of Atlantic Records owned the rights to his entire song catalog.
Redding received many posthumous accolades, including two Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In addition to “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” “Respect” and “Try a Little Tenderness” are among his best-known songs.
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