(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding) Guitar Lesson with TAB

In this guitar lesson, you get 5 pieces of TAB for how this tune could be played on just one guitar. We incorporate bass, drum beats, and whistling!

Dock Of The Bay | TAB

Let’s look at TAB for each section, here’s the intro. The bass line has been included here.

Here’s the verse, I prefer to use a G5, rather than a G so the chorus sounds bigger. Again, the bass line is prominent.

Here’s the chorus. It’s mainly about the bass again. Notice when it’s a slide-in or a hammer-on.

Next, the middle 8, I like to keep it repetitive here and mainly use power chords. It says D in the TAB but really, it’s a D5.

Finally, here’s the outro, complete with whistling!

Learn how to play (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.

| G | B7 | C | A |
Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun, I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ comes…

Dubbed the King Of Soul, Otis Redding was an American singer-songwriter who wrote some of the most famous tunes of all time.

His career was tragically cut short only five years after his first studio album was released as he tragically died in a plane crash in 1967.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm features TAB and covers Dock Of The Bay. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.

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