My Way

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[Intro]
| D| Dmaj7|
| D| Dmaj7|
[Verse 1]
And Dnow, the end is Dmaj7near,
And so I D7face the final B7curtain,
My fEm7riend. I'll say it Em7/Dclear,
I'll state my Em7/C#case of A7which I'm Dcertain.
I've Dlived a life that's D7full.
I traveled eGach and every Gmhighway,
And Dmore, much more than Athis, I Asus4did it m G   Dy way.
[Verse 2]
RegrDets, I've had a Dmaj7few,
But then D7again, too few to B7mention.
I Em7did what I had to Em7/Ddo,
And saw it Em7/C#thru withA7out exDemption.
I Dplanned each charted D7course,
Each careful Gstep along the Gmbyway,
And Dmore, much more than Athis, Asus4I did it Gm y Dway.
[Verse 3]
Yes there were Dtimes, I'm sure you D7knew,
When I bit Goff more than I could Gsus4chew,G  
But thru it Emall, when there wA7as doubt,
I ate it F#mup, and spit it ouBm7t.
I faced it Emall, and I stood Atall,
And Asus4did it m Gy Dway.
[Verse 4]
I've Dloved, I've lauDmaj7ghed and cried.
I've had D7my fill; my share B7of losing.
AnEm7d now, as tears suEm7/Dbside,
I find it aEm7/C#ll so amA7using.D  
To Dthink I did all thatD7;
And may I say G- not in a shy Gmway,
"No, Doh Ano not mAsus4e, I did it m Gy Dway".
[Verse 5]
For what is a mDan, what has he D7got?
If not himselfG, then he has naught.
To say thEm7e things he truly A7feels;
And not the F#mwords of one who kBm7neels.
The record Em7shows I took the bAlows - And Asus4did it m Gy waDy!
Author notes:
Starting at the A before my--way, play 002220 "and", 002230 "did", 002250 "it",
then pick the G as 3xx000 "m....y", before stepping back to D 2xxxxx 0xxxxx 000232 "way"
If you prefer, you can play 022030 and 022020 for Em7/D and Em7/C#.
Those Em sound slightly better on the 7th if you've got long fingers: Em 779917, Em7/D x5991x, Em7/C# x4991x

The story behind the song

"My Way" is an English-language adaptation of the French song "Comme d'habitude," which was originally written by Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, and Claude François, and first recorded by François in 1967. Paul Anka wrote the English lyrics for this version, which Frank Sinatra released in 1969. The song became a success for several artists, including Sinatra, and was particularly popular in the United Kingdom.

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