this is the way i use to play it and it's a very easy song for beginners by: Alexander Skytte intro(bass) e ||------------------------| B ||------------------------| G ||------------------------| D ||------------------------| x4 A ||---3---3----------------| E ||-----------3-3----------| verse 1 (alternative verse at bottom) Sitting in the morning sun e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| I'll be sitting when the evening comes e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Watching the ships roll in e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| And I watch 'em roll away again e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Chorus 1 Sitting on the dock of the bay e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Watching the tide roll away e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Wasting time e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| verse 2 I left my home in Georgia e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Headed for the 'Frisco bay e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| 'Cause I had nothin to live for e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| And look like nothing's gonna come my way e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| chorus 2 So I'm just Sitting on the dock of the bay e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Watching the tide roll away e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Wasting time e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| bridge: Look like nothing's gonna change e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3-----------| G ||---2---2---0---0---3---3---3---3-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---3---3---3---3------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Everything still remains the same e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3-----------| G ||---2---2---0---0---3---3---3---3-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---3---3---3---3------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| I can't do what ten people tell me to do e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1-----------| G ||---2---2---0---0---3---3---2---2-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---3---3---3---3------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| So I guess I'll remain the same e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---8---8---8---8---1---1---1---1-----------| G ||---8---8---8---8---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-8---8----8---8---3---3---3---3------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| verse 3 Sittin here resting my bones e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| And this loneliness won't leave me alone e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| It's two thousand miles I roamed e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2-----------| G ||---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---2---2---2---2------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| Just to make this dock my home e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| G ||---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------| D ||-3---3----3---3---0---0---0---0------------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| alternative verse: e ||-------------------------------------------| B ||-------------------------------------------| G ||--2---2/4/5/6---6/7--7---7/6/5/4--4-4------| D ||--3---3/5/6/7---7/8--8---8/7/6/5--5-5------| A ||-------------------------------------------| E ||-------------------------------------------| / = slide