How To Play Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay
By Otis Redding

On this page Id like to explain how to play Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding. There are also free lyrics and tabs in the lower right hand corner.

Otis Redding was an R and B, Soul and Pop singer from the 1960's. He died a very young man in a plane crash at the age of 26. "Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay" had only been recorded a few days earlier in late 1967 when Redding was killed. The song went on to become his only #1 hit song.

It was also the very first song to peak at #1 in the US that was released after a singer's death. (a.k.a. posthumously) You can learn more about Otis Redding here.

Reading's guitar player, Steve Cropper, said that Otis had written a few of the lyrics to the song he wrote the rest about Otis himself. They both worked out the music for the song and then recorded it on 22nd Nov 1967. The song was released in Jan of 1968.



This song is played in G using the following chords. G, B7, C, A7, A, E7, D and D7. There is no lead break or anything fancy in this song.

                 

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I play this using the following pattern. Dn-Dn-up-dn-up-dn-up-dn-up and simply repeat. On the last line of the choruses I use a down stroke pattern. When we get to the middle of the song where we switch to the G-D-C combo, you can keep the same pattern.

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