| My way |
| C | Em | Em7 | A | |
| And | now, the end is | near, and so I | face the final | curtain, |
| Dm | Dm7 | G7 | C | |
| My | friends. I'll say it | clear, I'll state my | case of which I'm | certain. |
| C7 | F | Dm | |
| I've | lived a life that's full. I travelled | each and every | highway, |
| C | G | Dm | C | |
| And | more, much more than | this, I did it | my | way. |
| C | Em | Em7 | A | |
| Re | grets, I've had a | few, but then a | gain, too few to | mention. |
| Dm | Dm7 | G7 | C | |
| I | did what I had to | do, and saw it | through without ex | emption. |
| C7 | F | Dm7 | |
| I | planned each chartered course, each careful | step along the | byway, |
| C | G | Dm | C | |
| And | more, much more than | this, I did it | my | way. |
| C | C7 | F | Dm | |
| Yes there were | times,I'm sure you | knew,when I bit | off more than I could | chew, |
| Dm7 | G7 | Em7 | Am | |
| But through it | all, when there was | doubt, I ate it | up, and spit it | out. |
| Dm7 | G7 | F | C | |
| I faced it | all, and I stood | tall, and did it | my | way. |
| C | Em | Em7 | A | |
| I've | loved, I've laughed and | cried. I've had my | fill, my share of | losing. |
| Dm | Dm7 | G7 | C | |
| And | now, as tears sub | side, I find it | all so am | using. |
| C7 | F | Dm | |
| To | think I did all that, and may I | say, not in a | shy way. |
| C | G | Dm | C | |
| Oh | no, oh no, not | me, I did it | my | way. |
| C | C7 | F | Dm | |
| For what is a | man, what has he | got? If not him | self, then he has | naught. |
| Dm7 | G7 | Em7 | Am | |
| To say the | things he truly | feels, and not the | words of one who | kneels. |
| Dm7 | G7 | F | C | |
| The record | shows I took the | blows - and did it | my | way! |