My Way

And now the end is (Em)near,

and so I (Gm6)face the final (A7)curtain.

My (Dm)friend, what I'll say it clear,

I'll state my (Dm7)case, (G7)of which I'm (C)certain.

I've lived a life that's (C7)full,

I traveled (F)each and ev'ry (Fm)highway,

and (C)more, much more than (G7)this,

I did it (F6)my (C)way.

Re grets, I've had a (Em)few,

but then (Gm6)again, too few to (A7)mention.

I (Dm)did what I had to do,

and saw it (Dm7)through (G7)without (C)exemption.

I planned each charted (C7)course, each careful (F)step along the (Fm)byway,

and (C)more, much more than (G7)this,

I did it (F6)my (C)way.

(F6)Remy (C)way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you (C7)knew,

when I bit (F)off more than I could chew,

but through it (Dm7)all, when there was (G7)doubt,

I ate it (Em7)up and spit it (Am)out.

I faced it (Dm7)all and I stood (G7)tall,

and did it (F6)my (C)way.

I've loved, I've laughed and (Em)cried,

I've had my (Gm6)fill, my share of (A7)losing.

And (Dm)now, as tears subside, I find it (Dm7)all (G7)so (C)amusing.

To think I did all (C7)that,

and may I (F)say, not in a (Fm)shy way,

"Oh (C)no, oh no, not (G7)me,

I did it (F6)my (C)way."

For what is a man, what has he (C7)got?

If not (F)himself, then he has naught.

To say the (Dm7)things he truly (G7)feels and not the (Em7)words of one who (Am)kneels,

the record (Dm7)shows I took the (G7)blows,

and did it (F6)my (C)way.