Nylon Guitarist-My Way

"My Way" is a song with lyrics written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra in 1969. According to Wikipedia, "the melody is based on a French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Claude François and Jacques Revaux." This version was recorded as I was getting over a sore throat. In the last verse I nearly choked while singing the line "and not the words", but I wasn't going to do it all again.

Lyrics and chords

C Em Gm7 A7

And now, the end is near And so I face the final curtain.

Dm Dm7 G7 C

My friend, I'll say it clear I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

C7 F Fm

I've lived a life that's full I travelled each and every highway

C G7 Dm C

And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

C Em Gm7 A7

Regrets, I've had a few But then again too few to mention.

Dm Dm7 G7 C

I did what I had to do And saw it through, without exemption.

C7 F Fm

I planned each charted course Each careful step, along the byway

C G7 Dm C

And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

C C7

Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew,

When I bit off more than I could chew

Dm7 G7

But through it all, when there was doubt

Em7 Am

I ate it up, and spit it out,

Dm7 G7

I faced it all, And I stood tall,

Dm C

And did it my way.

C Em Gm7 A7

I've loved, I've laughed and cried I've had my fill, my share of losing.

Dm Dm7 G7 C

And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing.

C7 F Fm

To think, I did all that, And may I say, "not in a shy way",

C G7 Dm C

Oh no, oh no not me, I did it my way.

C C7

For what is a man, what has he got,

If not himself, then he has not,

Dm7 G7

To say the things, he truly feels,

Em7 Am

And not the words of one who kneels.

Dm7 G7

The record shows, I took the blows,

Dm C

And did it my way..

My way