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              
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