[Intro]
| C   | C   |
 
[Verse 1]
    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.
 
 
[Verse 2]
      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,
         F  C
I did it my way.
 
 
[Verse 3]
   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 through, without exemption.
 
 
[Verse 4]
  C                         C7
I planned, each chartered course,
             F               Fm
Each careful step, along the byway.
    C                    G7
And more, much more than this,
         F    C
I did it   my way.
 
 
[Verse 5]
                   C                 C7
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,
       F
When I bit off, more than I could chew.
               Dm                  G7
But through it all, when there was doubt,
         Em7             Am
I ate it up, and spit it out.
           Dm               G7
I faced it all, and I stood tall,
           F  C
And did it my way.
 
 
[Verse 6]
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.
 
 
[Verse 7]
C                   C7
To think, I did all that,
          F             Fm
And may I say, not in a shy way.
    C          G7
Oh, no, oh, no not me,
         F  C
I did it my way.
 
 
[Verse 8]
              C                 C7
For what is a man? What has he got?
          F
If not himself, then he has naught.
           Dm               G7
To say the things, he truly feels,
           Em7                 Am
And not the words, of one who kneels.
           Dm                G7
The record shows, I took the blows,
N.C.       F  C
And did it my way.
 
 
[Instrumental]
C  Bb  A  F  Fm
C  C/B  Am
 
[Outro]
G              C
 Yes it was my way