My Way         Jaques  Revaux/Claude Francois  englisch: Paul Anka

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

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

I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and ev'ry highway; but more, much more than this, I did it my way.

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

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

I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway; but more, much more than this, I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew. When I bit off more than I could chew. But through it

all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way.

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

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

To think I did all that and may I say - not in a shy way. "Oh no, oh no not me, I did it my way".

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly

feels and not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows, and did it my way!

Mein Freund einmal da fällt auch für dich der letzte Vorhang. Du gehst von dieser Welt

und dann kommst du an jenem Tor an. Du weißt, dein Lebensweg war manchmal krumm

und manchmal eben. Dass du dann grad steh'n kannst so leb' dein Leben

(die kleinen Buchstaben stehen für die Basslinie)

C/c  Em/h  Gm6/b  A7/a   Dm/d  Dm7/c  G7/h   C/c   

C/c  C7/b   F/a       Fm/as C/g     G7/g     Dm/f   C/c :||

C      C7     F          F         Dm     G7         Em     Am    F    G   Dm   C