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[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