{title: My way}
{artist: Frank Sinatra}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: ?}
{key: D}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[D] [D]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
And [D]now, the end is [DM7/C#]near,
And so I [D7/C]face the final[B7sus]curtain, [B7]
My [Em]friend. I'll say it [G6/D]clear,
I'll state my [A7/C#]case of [A7]which I'm [D]certain.
I've [D]lived [DM7] a life that's [D9]full. [D7b9]
I traveled [G]each and every [Edim]highway,
And [D/A]more, much more than [G/A]this, [A7]I did it [G/D]my [D]way.
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
Re[D]grets, I've had a [DM7/C#]few,
But then a[D7/C]gain, too few to [B7sus]mention. [B7]
I [Em]did what I had to [G6/D]do,
And saw it [A7/C#]through with[A7]out ex[D]emption.
I [D]planned [DM7] each charted [D9]course, [D7b9]
Each careful [G]step along the [Edim]byway,
And [D/A]more, much more than [G/A]this, [A7]I did it [G/D]my [D]way.
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[G/A]Yes there were [D]times, [DM7] I'm sure you [D7]knew,
When I bit [G]off more than I could [Gsus6]chew, [G]
But through it [Em7]all, when there was [A7]doubt,
I ate it [F#m7]up, and spit it [Bm7]out.
I faced it [Em7]all, and I stood [A7]tall,
And did it [G/D]my [D]way.
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
I've [D]loved, I've laughed and [DM7/C#]cried.
I've had my [D7/C]fill; my share [B7sus]of losing. [B7]
And [Em]now, as tears sub[G6/D]side,
I find it [A7/C#]all so a[Dsus4]mu[D]sing.
To [D]think [DM7] I did all [D9]that; [D7b9]
And may I [G]say - not in a [Edim]shy way,
"Oh [D/A]no, oh no, not [A7sus]me, [A7] I did it [G/D]my [D]way".
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{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
For [G/A]what is a [D]man, [DM7] what has he [D9]got? [D7b9]
If not him[GM7]self, then he has naught.
To say the [Em7]things he truly [A7]feels;
And not the [F#m7]words of one who [Bm7]kneels.
The record [Em7]shows I took the [A7]blows
And did it [G/D]my [D]way!
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{start_of_part: Outtro}
[D] [DM7] [D9] [D7b9]
[GM9] [GmM9]
[D] [DM7/C#] [Bm7]
[A7]Yes, it was [G/D]my [D]way
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