Year: 1979 - Album: Jubilee (Best Of)
Written by Paul Anka/Claude François/Jacques Revaux/Gilles Thibaut
as recorded on "The Great Rock´n´Roll Swindle" (Guitar picking while Sid singin alone) E Emaj7 And now, the end is near Bm6 C#7 And so I face the final curtain F#m F#m7 You cunt, I'm not a queer B7 E I'll state my case of which I'm certain E E7 I've lived a life that's full A Am And each and every highway E B And yet, much more than this F#m7 E I did it my way (Guitar starts - Band comes in...Rock´n´Roll- In believe they play Powerchords without the 7th) (Verse 1) E Regrets I've had a few C# But then again, too few to mention F#m I did what I had to do B E I saw it through without exemption E E I've planned each charted course A Am Each careful step along the highway E B And more, much more than this E I did it my way (Verse 2) E There were times, E I'm sure you knew A When there was fuck, fuck A Fuck all else to do F#m But through it all, B When there was doubt G#m C#(7) I shot it up or kicked it out F#m B I faced 'em all and the world E(9) E And did it my way (Verse 3 - same as Verse 1) E I've loved and been a snide C# I've had my fill, my share of losing F#m And now the tears subside B E I find it all so amusing E E To think, I killed a cat A Am And might I say not in the gay way E B Oh no, oh no, not me E I did it my way (Verse 4 - same as Verse 2) E For what is a Brit, E What has he got A A When he wears hats and he cannot F#m B Say the things he truly feels G#m C# But only the words Of one who kneels F#m B The record shows, I've shot a bloke E(9) E And did it my way Solo in E - End
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