[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
And now, the e

      
nd is near,
            
And so I face 

         
the final curt

ain,
           
My friend. I'l

         
l say it clear

 
,
             
I'll state my 

       
case of which 

   
I'm certain.
             
I've lived a l

           
ife that's ful

l.
             
I traveled eac

            
h and every hi

ghway,
             
And more, much

             
 more than thi

        
s, I did it m 

    
     y way.


[Verse 2]
             
Regrets, I've 

      
had a few,
            
But then again

             
, too few to m


ention.
           
I did what I h

      
ad to do,
           
And saw it thr

/       
u without exem

ption.
             
I planned each

         
 charted cours

e,
             
Each careful s

              
tep along the 


byway,
             
And more, much

             
 more than thi

        
s, I did it m 

       
     y way.


[Verse 3]
              
Yes there were

             
 times, I'm su

       
re you knew,
             
When I bit off

              
 more than I c

      
ould chew,
            
But thru it al

              
l, when there 

 
was doubt,
           
I ate it up, a

             
nd spit it out


.
            
I faced it all

              
, and I stood 


tall,
        
And did it m  

      
    y way.


[Verse 4]
             
I've loved, I'

      
ve laughed and

 cried.
            
I've had my fi

             
ll; my share o


f losing.
           
And now, as te

      
ars subside,
           
I find it all 

/       
so  amusing.
             
To think I did

         
 all that;
             
And may I say 

              
- not in a shy


 way,
            
"No, oh no not

         
 me, I did it 

     
m   y way".


[Verse 5]
              
For what is a 

             
man, what has 

   
he got?
              
If not himself

          
, then he has 

naught.
           
To say the thi

             
ngs he truly f


eels;  
           
And not the wo

              
rds of one who

   
 kneels.
           
The record sho

              
ws I took the 

          
blows - And di

          
d it m   y way

!


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