Sitting On A Boat Dock Chords by Freddie King

Sitting On A Boat Dock chords by Freddie King

Guitar chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

| G7   | F7   | C    | G7   |



🎸 Verse 1:
    C                        C
I'm sittin' on the boat dock playin' on my bongo
C                     C
Sittin' on it all day long
    F7                       F7
I'm sittin' on the boat dock playin' on my bongo
C                     C
Playin' on it all day long
     G7
Just watching the tide
F7                      C   G7
Waiting for you to come home

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🎸 Verse 2:
        C              C             C    C
Now the sun is sinking slowly out of sight
        F7             F7            C    C
Now the sun is sinking slowly out of sight
      G7
Until you come home
F7                    C    G7
I'll keep sittin' all night


🎸 Verse 3:
        C       C                C   C
Now the moon is shining from up above
        F7      F7               C   C
Now the moon is shining from up above
     G7
It's shining on me
  F7                     C   G7
Because I miss the one I love


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
| C    | C    | C    | C    |
| F7   | F7   | C    | C    |
| G7   | F7   | C    | G7   |


Piano 🎸 Solo:
| C    | C    | C    | C    |
| F7   | F7   | C    | C    |
| G7   | F7   | C    | G7   |


🎸 Verse 4:
C                   C
I see the moon, the moon sees me
C                             C
Please mister moon, don't you tell on me
            F7                       F7
Because I'm sittin' on the boat dock playin' on my bongo
C                            C
Waiting for my baby, to come home
          G7
I've been sittin' here
F7                     C   G7
Ever since you've been gone


🎸 Outro:
| C    | C    | C    | C    | F7   | F7   | C    | C    | G7   | F7   | C    | G7   |
(repeat and fade)

Published: August 13, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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