My Way

C Cmaj7 And now, the end is near;

Em7b5 A7(sus4) A7 And so I face the final cur tain.

Dm Dm/C My friend, I'll say it clear,

G7/B G I'll state my case, of which I'm

Csus4 C cer tain.

C Cmaj7 Em7b5 A7/E I've lived a life that's full.

Dm Fm(add2) I've traveled each and ev'ry highway;

Fm(add2) C G But more, much more than this,

Dm/F G7(9sus4) C I did it my way.

Regrets, I've had a few;

But then again, too few

to mention.

I did what I had to do

And saw it through without

exemption.

I planned each charted course;

Each careful step along

the byway,

But more, much more than this,

I did it my way.

C Cmaj7 C7(9) C7(b9) Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew

F/C Fmaj7 F6 When I bit off more than I could chew.

F6 But through it all, when there was

Em7 doubt,

Em7 Am I ate it up and spit it out.

Dm7 G I faced it all and I stood tall;

Dm/F G7(9sus4) C And did it my way.

I've loved, I've laughed and cried.

I've had my fill; my share of

losing.

And now, as tears subside,

I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that;

And may I say -

not in a shy way,

'No, oh no not me,

I did it my way'.

For what is a man, what has he got?

If not himself, then he has naught.

To say the things he truly feels;

And not the words of one who kneels.

The record shows

I took the blows -

And did it my way!

My Way (Claude François, Paul Anka)