Intro: >D, D Verse 1: > D A/C# And now, the end is near, > C6 B7 And so I face the final curtain, > Em7 Em7/D My friend, I'll say it clear, > Em7/C# A7 D I'll state my case of which I'm certain. > D DM7 D7 I've lived a life that's full. > G Em7b5 I traveled each and every highway, > D/A A And more, much more than this > G/D D I did it my way. Verse 2: > D A/C# Regrets, I've had a few, > C6 B7 But then again, too few to mention. > Em7 Em7/D I did what I had to do, > Em7/C# A7 D And saw it through without exemption. > D DM7 D7 D7b9 I planned each charted course, > G Em7b5 Each careful step along the byway, > D/A A And more, much more than this > G/D D I did it my way. Refrain 1: > A D DM7 Yes there were times > D7 I'm sure you knew, > G When I bit off more than I could chew, > Em A7 A/G But through it all, when there was doubt, > F#m Bm7 I ate it up, and spit it out. > Em A I faced it all, and I stood tall, > G/D D And did it my way. Verse 3: > D A/C# I've loved, I've laughed and cried. > C6 B7 I've had my fill, my share of losing. > Em7 Em7/D And now, as tears subside, > Em7/C# A7 D I find it all, so amusing. > D DM7 D7 D7b9 To think I did all that, > G Em7b5 And may I say, not in a shy way, > D/A A G/D D Oh no, oh no not me, I did it my way. Refrain 2: > A D DM7 D7 D7b9 For what is a man, what has he got? > G If not himself, then he has naught. > Em7 A7 A/G To say the things he truly feels, > F#m Bm7 And not the words of one who kneels. > Em7 A The record shows I took the blows > G/D D And did it my way. Outro: >A ~ D - DM7 - D7 - D7b9 >G - Gm, D - A/C# - A/B > A G/D D Yes it was my way