My Way

    C               Em
And now, the end is near;
         A7             A
and so I face the final curtain.
   Dm                  Dm7
My friend, I'll say it clear,
              G7                 C
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
     C                   C7
I've lived a life that s full,
              F              Fm
I've traveled each and every highway
    C                    G7
And more, much more than this,
         Dm C
I did it my way.

  C                 Em
Regrets, I've had a few;
          A7               A
but then again, too few to mention.
  Dm                Dm7
I did what I had to do,
           G7                C
and saw it through without exemption.
  C                    C7
I planned each charted course,
             F              Fm
each careful step along the byway
    C                    G7
And more, much more than this,
         Dm C
I did it my way.

                C                   C7
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,
           F                     F7
when I bit off more than I could chew.
               Dm7                 G7
But through it all, when there was doubt,
         E7             Am
I ate it up and spit it out.
           Dm7             G7
I faced it all and I stood tall;
           Dm C
and did it my way.

     C                       Em
I’ve loved, I've laughed and cried,
            A7                A
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
    Dm               Dm7
And now, as tears subside,
          G7      C
I find it all so amusing.
   C               C7
To think I did all that;
    F                    Fm
and may I say   not in a shy way,
   C          G7
oh no, no not me,
         Dm C
I did it my way.

              C                C7
For what is a man, what has he got?
          F                 F7
If not himself, then he has naught.
           Dm7            G7
To say the words he truly feels;
            E7               Am
and not the words of one who kneels.
           Dm7              G7
The record shows I took the blows,
           Dm C
and did it my way.