![]() ![]() G B7Īnd then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah The Tricky Part… We stay on the C chord until we get to “watch”: “And then I’ll (B) watch ’em roll away (A) again. Starting on G, “Watching the ships roll”, switch to B7 on the word “in”. The 2nd part of the verse follows the same chord progression: G, B7, C, and A. That way you only have to worry about one chord change at a time. Pay close attention to the words that the chords change on. Work through the changes slowly before you try playing it in time. We’ll hold that B chord and start singing the next line, ” I’ll be”, then change to C on “sittin’ when the evenin'”, then to an A chord on the word “comes”. As soon as we get to the word “sun”, we’ll switch to a B7 chord (or you could substitute a plain old B chord). “Sittin’ in the mornin'” is sang over the G chord. I wonder if he could have imagined the success the song would have. Unfortunately, Redding died before the song’s release in 1968. The song was written by Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper and was recorded in 1967 and released in 1968. It’s easy once you get the hang of it! Just keep working on it… A song that was met with initial pushback from his label, Redding never knew that it would become his most iconic single.Now, we’ll go over the lyrics and discover how to mix the chords in. The lines to follow are where tones of sadness could be interpreted, though Cropper recalls them as "hitt the masses." Redding moves from oceanic imagery to a quick reflection of "I can't do what ten people tell me to do / So I guess I'll remain the same, listen." Interpretations range from Otis feeling stalled in his career to a slow-moving Civil Rights Movement. "So the rest of the song, where I said, you know, 'I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay,' it was just about him going out there to perform at the Fillmore." "He had just left San Francisco, where he played at the Fillmore," Cropper recalled. Cropper ended up fleshing out Redding's outline. "Otis was just bigger than life," he explained. ![]() According to Cropper, Redding was reluctant to write about himself, but for Cropper, it was easy. Cropper suggested that it was he, not Redding, who was most responsible for adding the biographical references. He completed the song later with co-writer Steve Cropper. In 1967, while performing in San Francisco, he stayed on a houseboat in Sausalito and began writing "Dock of the Bay." Otis Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and moved with his family to Macon when he was five. ![]()
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