(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY (Bassline)

As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1968 Album THE DOCK OF THE BAY)

Words and Music by Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand 


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=94
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|
|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q  Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E +E  E   Q  Q  e e e E   +Q   Q  E E E E
||----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------4----4-(4)---|----5----------|------------------|
||o----5--------2-|-(2)-----2-------2-|-3-----3-2-1-0-|-(0)-----0--------|
||--3-----3-0-3---|-------------------|---------------|------0----0-1-2--|


  Q  Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E +E  E   Q  Q  e e e E   +Q   Q  E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|------4----4-(4)---|----5----------|-----------------||
|----5--------2-|-(2)-----2-------2-|-3-----3-2-1-0-|-(0)-----0-------||
|-3-----3-0-3---|-------------------|---------------|------0----0-1-2-||


  H    E E E E   +W           H    E E E E   +H     +H
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------0-2-|-(2)--------|----------0-2-|-(2)----(2)----|
|--------2-----|------------|--------2-----|---------------|
|-3----3-------|------------|-3----3-------|---------------|


                                           To Coda
  Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q    W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------o||
|--------/5--/5--|--------/7--/7--|--------/5--/5--|-7----o||
|-3----3---------|-5----5---------|-3----3---------|-------||


 Bridge
  H    Q.   E   +H     E E E E   Q  E E Q.   E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5-----------|----------2-3-4-|-5----5--------|-------5----2-3-4-|
|------5----3-|-(3)----3-------|----5---5----3-|-(3)-3----3-------|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|


                                                    D.S. al Coda &
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q  Q  +Q..   S   +H     E E Q     W
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||------||
|-5----5--------|--------5----5-|-3------------0-|-(0)----0-0-0--||------||
|--------5--5-5-|-3----3----5---|----------------|---------------||-7----||
|---------------|---------------|----1--(1)------|---------------||------||


   Outro
    Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q    Q.   E  Q   Q    3x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|--------/9--/9---o||
||o--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|--------/5--/5--|-7----7----------o||
||--3----3---------|-3----3---------|-3----3---------|------------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths