Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play My Way chords from Franck Sinatra on guitar.
My Way with chords
The two parts are not played in the same way.
We will look at part 1 and part 2.
Part 1 of the music
Here are the chords you will be using in verse 1. There are several but note that there is a variation of three G chords and three Am chords.
This variation is a descent quite used in the Jazz Manouche or in the flamenco and Latin musics. We analyze this one in a dedicated course.
I advise you to look at and practice these chords for a while before you start playing.
When you master those chords, you can follow the next tab to play part 1.
Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.
Part 2 of the song
For the part 2, you need to know two new chords.
You will also have to play some chords from the first part so if you haven’t seen it for a while, take a look at the chords again.
When you have the positions ready, you can follow the framework to play the last verse :
My Way video with tab
If you want to play other French guitar song, you can try the famous La vie en rose.
My Way lyrics
The lyrics of the song My Way from Franck Sinatra are composed of two parts.
The structure of the lyrics is simple:
Part 1 – Part 2
Parte 1
Yo sé, que no vendrás
Por eso ya
Tanto la olvido
Dejar un nuevo amor
Tanto mejor
Ay como el mío
Dejar y la vive
Ay! de este mundo, de tristeza
Dejar y la vive
A mi manera
Parte 2
Yo quiero ser
Ay! nada más
Prefieraré
Y recordar
Un nuevo amor
Tanto mejor
Quisiera olvidar
Ay! todo lo mejor
Quisiera vivir
Ay nada más
O si my way
You can also play another jazz guitar tab.
My Way history
“Comme d’Habitude” literally “As always”, which can be heard under the title “A Mi Manera” in Spanish or My Way in English, is a French song from 1967.
We owe the melody and lyrics to the French composer Jacques Revaux who wrote it in a hurry for a producer’s request. Nothing very mysterious. But the song will become a huge success until it becomes one of the most sung songs in the world.
It is the French singer Claude François who inherits the song and who, already very famous, begins in 1967 to give to listen to Comme d’Habitude.
Two years later, in 1969, it is the great Franck Sinatra who interprets in Jazz an English translation of the song entitled My Way. Since then, it becomes a great success. The English version will be sung by Mike Brant, Nina Simone, Tom Jones, Ray Charles and even Elvis Presley.
The song became famous in the 1990s when the French group Gipsy Kings translated the song into Spanish and played it in flamenco style under the title A Mi Manera.
Today, it remains one of the most translated songs in the world.
Guitar Score
The following score is a “home-made” score that we created according to the above frameworks and explanations.
Summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play My Way from Franck Sinatra on guitar.