{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1969053,"song":"My Way","artist":"Paul Anka","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1969053-my-way-chords-by-paul-anka/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1969053?type=chord","rating":4.76136,"votes":25,"content":"[tab]\"My Way\" is a song written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song \"Comme d'habitude\" \r\nco-composed, co-written and performed in 1967 by Claude François. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated [/tab]\r\nto the original French song. Paul heard the original 1967 French pop song, Comme d'habitude (As Usual) \r\nperformed by Claude François, while on holiday in the south of France. He flew to Paris to negotiate \r\nthe rights to the song. Sometime later, Anka had a dinner in Florida with Frank Sinatra and \"a couple \r\nof Mob guys\" during which Sinatra said \"I'm quitting the business. I'm sick of it; I'm getting the \r\nhell out\". Back in New York, Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, subtly altering the \r\nmelodic structure and changing the lyrics. \"At one o'clock in the morning, Paul sat down at an old IBM \r\nelectric typewriter and said, 'If Frank were writing this, what would he say?' So Paul started, \r\nmetaphorically, 'And now the end is near.' he read a lot of periodicals, and noticed everything was \r\n'my this' and 'my that'. Paul said we were in the 'me generation' and Frank became the guy for me to \r\nuse to say that. Anka used words like: 'I ate it up and spit it out.' On his own way of talking. Anka \r\nfinished the song at 5 am. \"I called Frank up in Nevada – he was at Caesar's Palace – and said, 'I've \r\ngot something really special for you. Paul said at loud during the recording at the record company: \r\n'Hey, I can write it, but I'm not the guy to sing it'. It reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart \r\nand No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in the US. In the UK, the single achieved a still unmatched record, \r\nbecoming the recording with the most weeks inside the Top 40, spending 75 weeks from April 1969 to \r\nSeptember 1971. It spent a further 49 weeks in the Top 75. This is a song that we can all feel related \r\nand say: “It's My Life”.\r\n\r\n                                    PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHORDS STRUCTURE\r\n\r\n[ch]D/F#[/ch] 004232     \r\n[ch]F#m/A[/ch] 000222    \r\n[ch]D7[/ch] 557575       \r\n[ch]B7[/ch] 797877       \r\n[ch]Em[/ch] 009987       \r\n[ch]D/A[/ch] 557775      \r\n[ch]Am6[/ch] 002212\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] 004432       \r\n[ch]Gm7[/ch] 353333       \r\n[ch]A7[/ch] 575655       \r\n[ch]G/B[/ch] 009787      \r\n[ch]Em7[/ch] 000787      \r\n[ch]G[/ch] 355433\r\n\r\n                                    PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHORDS STRUCTURE\r\n\r\n        \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]F#m/A[/ch]\r\nAnd now, the end is near[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am6[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd so I face, the final curtain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy friend, I'll say it clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch] \r\nI'll state my case, of which I'm certain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI've lived, a life that’s full[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nI've traveled each, and every highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut more, much more than this[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] \r\nI did it my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]F#m/A[/ch]\r\nRegrets, I've had a few[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am6[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut then again, too few to mention[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI did, what I had to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D/F#[/ch] \r\nAnd saw it through, without exemption[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI planned, each chartered course[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nEach careful step, along the byway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut more, much more than this[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] \r\nI did it my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYes, there were times, I'm sure you knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I bit off, more than I could chew[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut through it all, when there was doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m/A[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI ate it up, and spit it out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI faced it all, and I stood tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] \r\nAnd did it my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                     [ch]F#m/A[/ch]\r\nI've loved, I've laughed and cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am6[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI've had my fill, my share of losing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd now, as tears subside[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch] \r\nI find it all so amusing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo think, I did all that[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nAnd may I say, not in a shy way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh no, Oh no, not me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  \r\nI did it my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor what is a man, what has he got?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf not himself, then he has naught[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo say the things, he truly feels[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m/A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd not the words, of one who kneels[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe record shows, I took the blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  \r\nAnd did it my way[/tab]","plain_text":"to the original French song. Paul heard the original 1967 French pop song, Comme d'habitude (As Usual) \nperformed by Claude François, while on holiday in the south of France. He flew to Paris to negotiate \nthe rights to the song. Sometime later, Anka had a dinner in Florida with Frank Sinatra and \"a couple \nof Mob guys\" during which Sinatra said \"I'm quitting the business. I'm sick of it; I'm getting the \nhell out\". Back in New York, Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, subtly altering the \nmelodic structure and changing the lyrics. \"At one o'clock in the morning, Paul sat down at an old IBM \nelectric typewriter and said, 'If Frank were writing this, what would he say?' So Paul started, \nmetaphorically, 'And now the end is near.' he read a lot of periodicals, and noticed everything was \n'my this' and 'my that'. Paul said we were in the 'me generation' and Frank became the guy for me to \nuse to say that. Anka used words like: 'I ate it up and spit it out.' On his own way of talking. Anka \nfinished the song at 5 am. \"I called Frank up in Nevada – he was at Caesar's Palace – and said, 'I've \ngot something really special for you. Paul said at loud during the recording at the record company: \n'Hey, I can write it, but I'm not the guy to sing it'. It reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart \nand No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in the US. In the UK, the single achieved a still unmatched record, \nbecoming the recording with the most weeks inside the Top 40, spending 75 weeks from April 1969 to \nSeptember 1971. It spent a further 49 weeks in the Top 75. This is a song that we can all feel related \nand say: “It's My Life”.\n\n                                    PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHORDS STRUCTURE\n\nD/F# 004232     \nF#m/A 000222    \nD7 557575       \nB7 797877       \nEm 009987       \nD/A 557775      \nAm6 002212\nBm 004432       \nGm7 353333       \nA7 575655       \nG/B 009787      \nEm7 000787      \nG 355433\n\n                                    PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHORDS STRUCTURE\n\n        \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]","chords":["D/F#","F#m/A","D7","B7","Em","D/A","Am6","Bm","Gm7","A7","G/B","Em7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}