| A | Amaj7 | |
| And | now the end is | here |
| Em6 | Gb7 | |
| And so I | face that final | curtain |
| Bm | Bm7 | |
| My | friend I′ll make it | clear |
| E7 | A | |
| I'll state my | case, of which I′m | certain |
| A | Amaj7 | A7 | |
| I've | lived | a life that's | full |
| D | Dm | |
| I traveled | each and every | highway |
| A | E | |
| And | more, much more than | this |
| Bm7 | A | |
| I did it, I did it | my | way |
| A | Amaj7 | |
| Reg | rets, I′ve had a | few |
| Em6 | Gb7 | |
| But then | again too few to | mention |
| Bm | Bm7 | |
| I | did what I had to | do |
| E7 | A | |
| I saw it | through without ex | emption |
| A | Amaj7 | A7 | |
| I | planned | each charted | course |
| D | Dm | |
| Each careful | step along the | byway |
| A | E | |
| And | more, much, much more than | this |
| Bm7 | A | |
| I did it, I did it | my | way |
| A | A7 | |
| Yes, there were | times I′m sure you | knew |
| D | |
| When I bit | off more than I could chew |
| Bm7 | E | |
| But through it | all, when there was | doubt |
| Dbm7 | Gbm | |
| I ate it | up and spit it | out |
| Bm7 | E7 | Bm7 | A | |
| I faced it | all and I stood | tall and did it | my | way |
| A | Amaj7 | |
| I’ve | loved, I’ve laughed and | cried; |
| Em6 | Gb | |
| I’ve had my | fill, my share of | losing. |
| Bm | Bm7 | |
| And | now, as tears | subside, |
| E7 | A | |
| I find it | all so am | using. |
| A | Amaj7 | A7 | D | |
| To | think, I | did all | that, and, may I | say, |
| Dm | |
| Not in a | shy way. |
| A | E7 | |
| “Oh | no, oh no not | me, |
| Bm7 | A | |
| I did it | my | way.” |
| A | A7 | |
| For what is a | man, what has he | got? |
| D | |
| If not | himself then he has naught |
| Bm7 | E7 | |
| Not to say the | things that he truly | feels |
| Dbm7 | Gbm | |
| And not the | words of someone who | kneels |
| Bm7 | E7 | Bm7 | A | |
| Let the record | shows I took all the | blows and did it | my | way |