Elvis Presley: My Way

My Way – Elvis Presley

        G	   Bm	
And now the end is near, 
	 Dm	        E7
and so I face the final curtain,
   Am		       Am7	
My friend, I'll say it clear, 
	      D7	         G
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain


      G		         G7
I've lived a life that's full,	
	   C 		  Cm
I traveled each	and every highway,
    G	       D                        C   G
And more, much more than this, I did it	my way


  G	            Bm
Regrets, I've had a few,	 
          Dm               E7
but then again, too few to mention,
  Am		   Am7
I did what I had to do,
           D7               G
and saw it thru without exemption, 	


  G		         G7
I planned each chartered course, 
               C             Cm
each carefull step along the by way
    G	        D	                  C   G
And more,  much more than this, I did it  my way


                G 	            G7
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,
	   C              
when I bit off  more than I could chew,
            Am7			D
But thru it all, when there was dout, 
         Bm              Em
I ate it up, and spit it out
	    Am7              D		      C   G
I faced it  all, and I stood tall, and did it my way


      G			      Bm	
I've loved, I've laughed and cried,
            Dm                E7
I've had my fill, my share of losing
    Am	              Am7		
And now,  as tears subside, 
          D7      G
I find it all so amusing


   G   	           G7	       
To think I did all that, 
	   C		  Cm
and may I say,	“Not in a shy way”
   G		D		  C   G
Oh no, 	oh no, 	not me,	 I did it my way


              G		       G7
For what is a man, what has he got, 
          C                         
if not himself, then he has not 
           Am7		   D		     
To say the things he truly feels, 
	    Bm                Em
And not the words of one who kneels
	   Am7	            D                 C   G
The record shows I took the blows, and did it my way
           Am7	            D 	              C   G
The record shows I took the blows, and did it my way