And then we practice putting it together. I have an easy F chord that I show you, you’re welcome to use either that or the F bar chord.Įither way, we practice through every single section of this song intro, verse, chorus bridge outro. Sittin in the morning sun, Ill be sittin' when the evening come, Watching the ships roll in, And I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, Watching the tide roll away, ouh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay, Wasting time. And we also have to deal with a barre chord, the F chord. We do this just by using the first half, down down-up, on each of the two shapes within the measure. First of all, we’re splitting measures, meaning we have to split our strumming pattern among two chord shapes. Not too much needs to be said about that, but the bridge does have a couple things we need to take a look at. The chorus is very, very straightforward.
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We talk about how to count it out, learn how to play it, and then we move on and learn the rest of the tune. It’s a 16th note pattern, it’s twice as dense as the other one. I don’t recommend using this one if it’s a solo performance but if you do play with a band, this pattern is the one that they use and it sounds great. Then we practice putting it together with the chord shapes.Īfter that, just for completion sake, I’ve included another strumming pattern that you hear the guitar playing on the recording. My biggest advice is to learn how to say it, that’s going to get you there the fastest if you are having trouble with stuff like this. It’s the most common strumming pattern ever. We talk a little bit about switching between them and how to practice that effectively and then we play them in order, using downstrokes only, just to get the counting right.Īfter that, we take a look at a strumming pattern. The lesson starts off with the chords needed to play the verse: G, B7, C, A7. Otis Redding Lyrics (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay I Love You More Than Words Can Say Let Me Come On Home Open the Door Dont Mess With Cupid The Glory. But even then, I will show you a simpler way to do it so that will be possible. Even if you’re fairly new to guitar, you could play each section of this song, except probably the bridge. In 1999, BMI named the song as the sixth-most performed song of the 20th century.It’s a classic strummer made up of some pretty simple components and a great opportunity to work on some lesser practiced chord switches, like from G to B7 for instance. It also won two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
It became Redding's most successful record worldwide, selling over four million copies. The track became the first ever posthumous #1 single in the US.
The song topped the US chart in March 1968, and its album Dock of the Bay became his largest-selling so far. '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' was released in January 1968, soon after Redding's death. Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay chords Otis Redding (Steve Cropper) G B7 Sittin in the mornin sun C A Ill be sittin when the evenin comes G B7 Watching the ships roll in C A And then I watch em roll away again, yeah G E Im sittin on the dock of the bay G E Watching the tide roll away G A Ooo, Im just sittin on the dock of the. He added the sound of seagulls and waves to the background, as Redding had requested. He was aged just 26.Īfter Redding's death, Cropper mixed finished the song at Stax Studios. On December 10, just days after recording the song, his plane crashed into Lake Monona, outside Madison, Wisconsin. He forgot what it was so he started whistling." Cropper said Redding had "this little fadeout rap he was gonna do, an ad-lib. The song features a whistled tune before fading away. Otis Redding didn't think the song was ready, but sadly he never got the chance to finish it in the way he had hoped. Otis Redding died soon after recording the song.There had been concerns from his record company that 'Dock of the Bay' was too poppy for an Otis Redding song, and there was talk of gospel act the Staple Singers singing backing vocals. While discussing the song with his wife, Redding stated that was looking to "be a little different", and "change his style". 'Dock of the Bay' was exactly that: 'I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay' was all about him going out to San Francisco to perform." Pitiful', 'Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)' they were about Otis and Otis' life. "Otis didn't really write about himself but I did.
If you listen to the songs I collaborated with Otis, most of the lyrics are about him. "'I watch the ships come in and I watch them roll away again'. The story that I got he was renting boathouse or stayed at a boathouse or something and that's where he got the idea of the ships coming in the bay there. In 1990, Cropper said of the song's creation: "Otis was one of those the kind of guys who had 100 ideas.
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