My Way Chords & Tabs

by Frank Sinatra

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Verse (Main pattern):
BPM: 75
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 3, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 101]
Verse (End Pattern):
BPM: 75
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 101]

[Intro]
| D | Dmaj7 |
| D | Dmaj7 |

[Verse 1]
    D               Dmaj7
And now, the end is near,
         D7            B7       
And so I face the final curtain,
    Em7                Em7/D 
My friend. I'll say it clear,
             Em7/C#   A7       D        
I'll state my case of which I'm certain.
     D                   D7   
I've lived a life that's full.
            G             Gm      
I traveled each and every highway,
    D                    A       Asus4   G    D      
And more, much more than this, I did it m      y way.

[Verse 2]
    D               Dmaj7
Regrets, I've had a few,
         D7                B7      
But then again, too few to mention.
  Em7               Em7/D
I did what I had to do,
           Em7/C#   A7    D       
And saw it thru without exemption.
  D                    D7     
I planned each charted course,
             G              Gm    
Each careful step along the byway,
    D                    A     Asus4    G        D   
And more, much more than this, I did it m      y way.

[Verse 3]
               D                   D7   
Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew,
           G                     Gsus4G
When I bit off more than I could chew,
            Em               A7       
But thru it all, when there was doubt,
         F#m               Bm7
I ate it up, and spit it out.
           Em               A    
I faced it all, and I stood tall,
   Asus4    G       D   
And did it m      y way.

[Verse 4]
    D               Dmaj7          
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
         D7                B7        
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
  Em7               Em7/D 
And now, as tears subside,
           Em7/C#   A7    D
I find it all so  amusing.
  D                    D7
To think I did all that;
             G              Gm   
And may I say - not in a shy way,
    D   A       Asus4        G    D    
"No, oh no not me, I did it m   y way".

[Verse 5]
               D               D7  
For what is a man, what has he got?
              G                    
If not himself, then he has naught.
         Em7               A7    
To say the things he truly feels;
           F#m                Bm7   
And not the words of one who kneels.
           Em7               A         Asus4    G      D 
The record shows I took the blows - And did 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: Em 079987, Em7/D xx0987, Em7/C# 979787