Lyrics
[Intro]
| D | Dmaj7 |
| D | Dmaj7 |
[Verse 1]
D Dmaj7
And now, the end is near
D7
And so I face
B7
the final curtain
Em7
My friend
Em7/D
I’ll say it clear,
Em7/C#
I’ll state my case
A7 D
of which I’m certain.
D
I’ve lived
D7
a life that’s full.
G
I traveled each
Gm
and every highway,
D
And more,
A
much more than this,
Asus G D
I did it my way.
[Verse 2]
D Dmaj7
Regrets, I’ve had a few,
D7
But then again,
B7
too few to mention.
Em7 Em7/D
I did what I had to do,
Em7/C#
And saw it thru
A7 D
without exemption.
D
I planned
D7
each charted course,
G
Each careful step
Gm
along the byway,
D
And more,
A
much more than this
Asus G D
I did it my way.
[Verse 3]
D
Yes there were times,
D7
I’m sure you knew,
G
When I bit off more
Gsus G
than I could chew,
Em
But thru it all,
A7
when there was doubt,
F#m
I ate it up,
Bm7
and spit it out.
Em
I faced it all,
A
and I stood tall,
Asus4 G D
And did it my way.
[Verse 4]
D
I’ve loved,
Dmaj7
I’ve laughed and cried.
D7
I’ve had my fill;
B7
my share of losing.
Em7
And now,
Em7/D
as tears subside,
Em7/C#
I find it all
A7 D
so amusing.
D
To think
D7
I did all that;
G
And may I say
Gm
not in a shy way,
D A
“No, oh no not me,
Asus G D
I did it my way”.
[Verse 5]
D
For what is a man,
D7
what has he got?
G
If not himself,
then he has naught.
Em7
To say the things
A7
he truly feels;
F#m
And not the words
Bm7
of one who kneels
Em7
The record shows
A
I took the blows
Asus G D
And did it my way!