Tom: Dm
F
[Verse 1]
F C6/E
And now, the end is near,
Cm6/Eb D7
And so I face the final curtain,
Gm Gm7/F
My friend I'll say it clear,
Gm/E C7 F
I'll state my case of which I'm certain.
F Fmaj7 F7
I've lived a life that's full.
Bb Gm7b5
I traveled each and every highway,
F/C Csus4 C Bb F
And more, much more than this, I did it my way.
[Verse 2]
F C6/E
Regrets, I've had a few,
Cm6/Eb D
But then again, too few to mention.
Gm Gm7/F
I did what I had to do,
Gm/E C7 F
And saw it thru without exemption.
F Fmaj7 F7
I planned each charted course,
Bb Gm7b5
Each careful step along the byway,
F/C Csus4 C Bb F
And more, much more than this, I did it my way
[Chorus]
F Fmaj7 F7
Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew,
Bb
When I bit off much more than I could chew,
Gm C
But thru it all, when there was doubt,
Am Dm
I ate it up, and spit it out.
Gm C
I faced it all, and I stood tall,
Bb F
And did it my way.
[Verse 3]
F C6/E
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
Cm6/Eb D7
I've had my fill my share of losing.
Gm Gm7/F
And now, as tears subside,
Gm/E C7 F
I find it all so amusing.
F Fmaj7 F7
To think I did all that
Bb Gm7b5
And may I say not in a shy way,
F/C Csus4 C Bb F
Oh no oh no not me, I did it my way
[Chorus 2]
F Fmaj7 F7
For what is a man, what has he got?
Bb
If not himself, then he has naught.
Gm C
To say the things he truly feels;
Am Dm
And not the words of one who kneels.
Gm C Bb F
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way
