My Way chords and lyrics

by Frank Sinatra

My Way is set to the music of a French song "Comme d'habitude", written by Jacques Revaux & Claude Francois (music). The original French lyrics were written by Gilles Thibaut.
The song was popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra with English lyrics by Paul Anka - a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Recorded: 30th Dec 1968
Released: 1969 from the album of the same name.

Music: D Major in 4/4 time at 76 bpm
Chords: D, D7, Em, Em7, F#m, F#m7, G, Gm, G6, A7, Am6, B7, Bm

Song Chart
Chord Charts

My Way by Frank Sinatra

Intro: 4/4 ||   D   |   D   ||

        D              F#m
1. And now, the end is near
            Am6             B7
   And so I face the fi-nal cur-tain
        Em                 Em7
   My friend, I'll say it clear
                  A7                 D
   I'll state my case, of which I'm cer-tain
                             D7
   I've lived a life that's full
                G               Gm 
   I trav-eled each and ev'-ry high-way
        D                    A7            G6  D
   And more, much more than this, I did it my way

        D               F#m
2. Re-grets, I've had a few
              Am6              B7
   But then a-gain, too few to men-tion
     Em                Em7
   I did what I had to do
              A7                D
   I saw it through without ex-emp-tion
                            D7
   I planned each char-ted course
                  G               Gm 
   Each care-ful step a-long the high-way
        D                    A7            G6  D
   And more, much more than this, I did it my way

                     D                  D7
** Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
               G
   When I bit off more than I could chew
               Em7                  A7
   And thru it all, when there was doubt
           F#m7            Bm
   I ate it up and spit it out
              Em7              A7                 D
   I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way

          D                      F#m
3. I've loved, I've laughed and cried
               Am6               B7
   I've had my fill, my share of lo-sing
       Em                Em7
   And now, as tears sub-side, 
             A7       D
   I find it all so a-mu-sing
                       D7
   To think I did all that
              G            Gm 
   And may I say, not in a shy way,
        D               A7           G6  D
   "Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way"

                  D               D7
** For what is a man, what has he got?
               G
   If not him-self, then he has naught
               Em7             A7
   To say the things he truly feels 
               F#m7               Bm
   And not the words of one who kneels
               Em7              A7                  D
   The record shows I took the blows and did it my way!

   | D  | D7  | G  | Gm | D  | A7  |

   A7            G6     D
   Yes... it was my... way

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🗝️ D Major

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