Song facts: The melody of “My Way” is based on a French song, “Comme d’habitude”, but the writer, Paul Anka, completely changed the lyrics.
Harmonica type: diatonic
3 5 3 5 -4 5 And now, the end is near 3 5 -4 5 3 5 -4 -4 4 And so I face the final curtain -3 -5 -5 -5 5 -5 My friend, I'll say it clear, -3 -5 5 -5 -4 6 5-4 -5 5 I'll state my case, of which I'm certain 4 6 6 6 -5 6 I've lived a life that's full 6 6 -6 6 -5 -5 5 6 -5 5 -5 I've traveled each and every highway 3 5 3 -5 5 -4 And more, much more than this, -3 4 -4 -4 4 I did it my way 3 5 6 5 -4 5 Regrets, I’ve had a few 3 5 -4 5 5 5 -4 -4 4 But then again, too few to mention -3 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 -5 I did what I had to do -3 -5 5 -5 -4 6 5 -4 -5 5 And saw it through without exemption 4 6 6 6 -5 6 I planned each chartered course -6 5 6 -5 -5 -5 5 6 -5 Each careful step along the byway, 3 5 5 -5 5 -4 But more, much more than this, -3 4 -4 -4 4 I did it my way 5 -5 6 6 -7 6 -5 6 Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew, -5 6 -7 -7 7 -7 6 -6 -6 When I bit off more than I could chew -6 -7 7 7 -6 7 -6 -7 But through it all, when there was doubt, -7 7 -8 -8 8 -7 -8 7 I ate it up and spit it out 7 7 -7 7 7 -8 7 -7 I faced it all and I stood tall -7 7 -8 -8 7 And did it my way. 3 5 3 5 -4 5 I’ve loved, I've laughed and cried 3 5 -4 5 3 5 -4 -4 4 I've had my fill, my share of losing -3 -5 -3 -5 5 -5 And now, as tears subside, -3 -5 5 -5 6 -4 -5 5 I find it all so amusing 4 6 6 6 -5 6 -6 5 6 -5 To think I did all that, and may I say -5 -5 5 6 -5 Not in a shy way 6 5 3 -5 5 -4 -3 4 -4 -4 4 No, no, oh no not me, I did it my way 4 5 -5 6 6 -6 6 -5 6 For what is a man, what has he got? -5 6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 -6 If not himself, then he has naught -6 -7 7 7 -6 7 -6 -7 To say the things he truly feels -7 7 -8 -8 8 -7 -8 -8 And not the words of one who kneels. 7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 7 The record shows I took the blows -7 -7 7 -8 7 And did it my way! -3 4 -4 -4 4 I did it my way
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