Intro: C

       C         Em      
And now the end is near, 
       Gm              A7
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 traveled each      and every highway,
    C             G                        F   C
And more, much more than this, I did it      my way


  C                  Em
Regrets, I’ve had a few,       
          Gm               A7
but then again, too few to mention,
  Dm               Dm7
I did what I had to do,
           G7               C
and saw it thru without exemption,       


  C                     C7
I planned each chartered course, 
               F             Fm
each carefull step along the by way
    C              G                        F   C
And more,  much more than this, I did it  my way


                C                   C7
Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew,
         F              
when I bit off  more than I could chew,
            Dm7                  G
But thru it all, when there was dout, 
         Em              Am
I ate it up, and spit it out
          Dm7              G                  F   C
I faced it  all, and I stood tall, and did it my way


      C                        Em      
I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried,
            Gm                A7
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            G              F   C
Oh no,       oh no,       not me,       I did it my way


              C                   C7
For what is a man, what has he got, 
          F                         
if not himself, then he has not 
           Dm7               G                 
To say the things he truly feels, 
          Em                Am
And not the words of one who kneels
         Dm7                  G                 F   C
The record shows I took the blows, and did it my way
           Dm7                  G                     F   C
The record shows I took the blows, and did it my way