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                      Fm
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