ANY WAY YOU WANT IT
As recorded by Journey
(From the 1980 Album DEPARTURE)
Words and Music by Steve Perry and Neal Schon
Transcribed by Vince
G D/F# Em C
x x 0 0 0 3 x x 0 2 3 2 x x 2 0 0 0 x 3 5 5 5 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Distorted
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
[Intro]
Moderate Rock Q=138
4/4
Gtr I
~
e|---|-----------|----------|----------|
B|---|-----------|----------|----------|
G|-0-|-----------|----------|----------|
D|-0-|-------4-4-|--------2-|----------|
A|-x-|-------5-5-|--------2-|--------3-|
E|-3-|-------2-2-|--------0-|----------|
[Verse]
~~~ ~~~~~~~~ PM------|
e|-------------------|-----------------3-||-----------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------3-||o----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------0-||-------------2-2-|
D|-------------------|-----0-2-0-------0-||-------------0-0-|
A|-(3)-2-3-2-3-2---3-|-(3)-------3-2-0---||o----------------|
E|---------------3---|-----------------3-||---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
PM------| PM------| ~~~~~~~~
e|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------3-|
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------0-|
D|------------2-2-|----------------|-----------------0-|
A|------------2-2-|--------------3-|-(3)-2-3-2-3-2-----|
E|--2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------------3-3-|
PM------| PM------| PM------| ~
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|------------2-2-|----------------|----------------|
D|------------0-0-|------------2-2-|----------------|
A|----------------|------------2-2-|--------------3-|
E|--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|
~~~ PM------| PM------|
e|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------3-|----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------0-|------------2-2-|----------------|
D|-----------------0-|------------0-0-|------------2-2-|
A|-(3)-2-3-2-3-2-----|----------------|------------2-2-|
E|---------------3-3-|--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|
PM------| ~~~~~~~~ PM------|
e|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
B|----------------|-----------------3-|----------------|
G|----------------|-----------------0-|------------2-2-|
D|----------------|-----------------0-|------------0-0-|
A|--------------3-|-(3)-2-3-2-3-2-----|----------------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------------3-3-|--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
PM------| PM------| ~
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------------2-2-|----------------|
A|------------2-2-|--------------3-|
E|--2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[Chorus]
~~~
e|-----------------3-||-(3)-------(3)-----|-----------------0-|
B|-----------------3-||-(3)-------(3)---3-|-(3)-------(3)---0-|
G|-----------------0-||-(0)-------(0)---2-|-(2)-------(2)-----|
D|-----------------0-||-(0)-------(0)---0-|-(0)-------(0)---2-|
A|-(3)-2-3-2-3-2-----||-------------------|-----------------2-|
E|---------------3-3-||-(3)-------(3)---2-|-(2)-------(2)---0-|
|
| Gtr II
e|-----------------3-||-(3)--(3)--------2-|-(2)---(2)-------0-|
B|-------------0-0-0-||-(0)--(0)--------3-|-(3)---(3)-------0-|
G|-------------0-0-0-||-(0)--(0)--------2-|-(2)---(2)-------0-|
D|-------------0-0-0-||-(0)--(0)--------0-|-(0)---(0)-------2-|
A|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
~~~~~~~~
e|-(0)----(0)-----|-------------------3-|-(3)-------------|
B|-(0)----(0)-----|-------------------3-|-(3)-----------3-|
G|----------------|-------------------0-|-(0)-----------2-|
D|-(2)----(2)-----|-------------------0-|-(0)-----------0-|
A|-(2)----(2)---3-|-(3)-2-3-2--3--2-----|-----------------|
E|-(0)----(0)-----|-----------------3-3-|-(3)---------2-2-|
|
e|--0-----(0)-----|-------------------3-|-(3)----(3)----2-|
B|--0-----(0)---5-|-(5)-------(5)-----0-|-(0)----(0)----3-|
G|--0-----(0)---5-|-(5)-------(5)-----0-|-(0)----(0)----2-|
D|--2-----(2)---5-|-(5)-------(5)-----0-|-(0)----(0)----0-|
A|--------------3-|-(3)-------(3)-------|-----------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
1.
~~~~~~~~
e|--------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----|-----------------3--||
B|-(3)----(3)---0-|-(0)----(0)-----|-----------------3-o||
G|-(2)----(2)-----|----------------|-----------------0--||
D|-(0)----(0)---2-|-(2)----(2)-----|-----0-2-0-------0--||
A|--------------2-|-(2)----(2)---3-|-(3)-------3-2-0---o||
E|-(2)----(2)---0-|-(0)----(0)-----|-----------------3--||
|
e|-(2)----(2)---0-|-(0)----(0)-----|--------------------||
B|-(3)----(3)---0-|-(0)----(0)---5-|-(5)---------------o||
G|-(2)----(2)---0-|-(0)----(0)---5-|-(5)----------------||
D|-(0)----(0)---2-|-(2)----(2)---5-|-(5)----------------||
A|----------------|--------------3-|-(3)---------------o||
E|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
2.
Gtr I
e|-0-------------15-15-15-|-17--15-15-15-15--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-17b19-17b19==|
B|-0---------/15----------|----------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
e|-0----(0)---------------|----------------------------3-----------------------|
B|-0----(0)-------------5-|-(5)----------(5)-----------0-----------------------|
G|-0----(0)-------------5-|-(5)----------(5)-----------0-----------------------|
D|-2----(2)-------------5-|-(5)----------(5)-----------0-----------------------|
A|----------------------3-|-(3)----------(3)-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar Solo]
~~~~~~~~~
e|-(17)r--17-17pb19-17b19--17b19-17-|-(17)--15-17-17b19r=17-15-|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
e|--(3)-------------(3)-----------2-|--(2)--------(2)--------0-|
B|--(0)-------------(0)-----------3-|--(3)--------(3)--------0-|
G|--(0)-------------(0)-----------2-|--(2)--------(2)--------0-|
D|--(0)-------------(0)-----------0-|--(0)--------(0)--------2-|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-17--15-15-15-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------17-15h17p15----17--15-------------------------|
G|--------------------------16--------16-14-12-14-12----12-12-|
D|---------------------------------------------------14-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
e|-(0)-------------------------(0)----------------------------|
B|-(0)-------------------------(0)-----------------5----------|
G|-(0)-------------------------(0)-----------------5----------|
D|-(2)-------------------------(2)-----------------5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------3----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12-15-12----12-15b17==(15)-(15)-(15)r-13--|
G|-14b16----------14-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
|
e|----------------------------------------------3--|
B|-(5)--------------------------(5)-------------0--|
G|-(5)--------------------------(5)-------------0--|
D|-(5)--------------------------(5)-------------0--|
A|-(3)--------------------------(3)----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-12--13-13pb15r13-12-13--12----------|
G|----------------------------14-16b18r|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
|
e|-(3)-----------------(3)--------2----|
B|-(0)-----------------(0)--------3----|
G|-(0)-----------------(0)--------2----|
D|-(0)-----------------(0)--------0----|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
~~
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-16--14-14-16-14-13-14-12--14-12----12---------------|
D|---------------------------------14----14------------|
A|------------------------------------------13S(12)-10-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
e|-(2)-------------------(2)--------------0------------|
B|-(3)-------------------(3)--------------0------------|
G|-(2)-------------------(2)--------------0------------|
D|-(0)-------------------(0)--------------2------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
e|--------------------------------|----------------3-||---------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----------------3-||-------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|----------------0-||-------------------2-|
D|-------------12-14--12----------|----------------0-||-------------------0-|
A|-(10)--12s14-----------14s12-10-|-(10)-------------||---------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------12S==3-3-||-----3-3-3--3--2-2-2-|
|
e|--(0)-----------(0)-------------|----------------3-||-(3)-------(3)-----2-|
B|--(0)-----------(0)-----------5-|--(5)----(5)----0-||-(0)-------(0)-----3-|
G|--(0)-----------(0)-----------5-|--(5)----(5)----0-||-(0)-------(0)-----2-|
D|--(2)-----------(2)-----------5-|--(5)----(5)----0-||-(0)-------(0)-----0-|
A|------------------------------3-|--(3)----(3)------||---------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------||---------------------|
PM--------------------------|
e|---------------------|--------------------|-----x-3-------------3---|
B|---------------------|------------------3-|-----x-1--x-3--------3---|
G|---------------------|------------------0-|-----x-0--x-0--------0---|
D|-------------------2-|---------------2----|---------------------0---|
A|-------------------2-|---------------2--3-|----------x-3------------|
E|-----2-2-2--2--0-0-0-|-----0-0-0--0--0----|----------------3--3-3---|
|
e|-(2)-------(2)-----0-|-(0)-------(0)------|-----------------------3-|
B|-(3)-------(3)-----0-|-(0)-------(0)----5-|-(5)-----------(5)-----0-|
G|-(2)-------(2)-----0-|-(0)-------(0)----5-|-(5)-----------(5)-----0-|
D|-(0)-------(0)-----2-|-(2)-------(2)----5-|-(5)-----------(5)-----0-|
A|---------------------|------------------3-|-(3)-----------(3)-------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
e|-----------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------------------|---------------------|
G|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------------|-------------------2-|
A|-----------------------|-------------------2-|
E|-----3-3-3-3--3--2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2-2--2--0-0-0-|
|
e|-(3)---------(3)-----2-|-(2)-------(2)-----0-|
B|-(0)---------(0)-----3-|-(3)-------(3)-----0-|
G|-(0)---------(0)-----2-|-(2)-------(2)-----0-|
D|-(0)---------(0)-----0-|-(0)-------(0)-----2-|
A|-----------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|
e|--------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------|-----3--3-----------------|
G|------------------0-|-----0--0-----0-5b7-5b7===|
D|--------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------2--3-|-----3--3-----------------|
E|-----0-0-0--0--0----|--------------------------|
|
e|-(0)-------(0)------|--------------------3-----|
B|-(0)-------(0)----5-|-(5)------(5)-------0-----|
G|-(0)-------(0)----5-|-(5)------(5)-------0-----|
D|-(2)-------(2)----5-|-(5)------(5)-------0-----|
A|------------------3-|-(3)------(3)-------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------------|
[Guitar Break]
~~~~ ~~~
e|--------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------|----------------------------|
G|-(5)r--5-4--2---0-2-|--4--5-4-2-(2)---2-4b5==(4)r|
D|--------------------|---------------5------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------|
|
e|-(3)-------(3)----2-|-(2)-------(2)-----0--------|
B|-(0)-------(0)----3-|-(3)-------(3)-----0--------|
G|-(0)-------(0)----2-|-(2)-------(2)-----0--------|
D|-(0)-------(0)----0-|-(0)-------(0)-----2--------|
A|--------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------|
~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------------|
G|-(4)-2--2h4-(4)-2-(2)-4p2---|--------------5b7==|
D|--------------------------5-|-(5)----(5)--------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|
|
e|-(0)--------(0)-------------|--------------3----|
B|-(0)--------(0)---------5---|-(5)----(5)---0----|
G|-(0)--------(0)---------5---|-(5)----(5)---0----|
D|-(2)--------(2)---------5---|-(5)----(5)---0----|
A|------------------------3---|-(3)----(3)--------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|
~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~
e|--------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------|----------------------------|
G|-(5)r--5-4--2---0-2-|--4--5-4-2-(2)-0-2-4b5==(4)r|
D|--------------------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------|
|
e|-(3)-------(3)----2-|-(2)-------(2)-----0--------|
B|-(0)-------(0)----3-|-(3)-------(3)-----0--------|
G|-(0)-------(0)----2-|-(2)-------(2)-----0--------|
D|-(0)-------(0)----0-|-(0)-------(0)-----2--------|
A|--------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------|
~
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-(4)-2--4b5==(4)r(4)-2-(2)h4p2---|
D|-------------------------------5-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
|
e|-(0)-------------(0)-------------|
B|-(0)-------------(0)---------5---|
G|-(0)-------------(0)---------5---|
D|-(2)-------------(2)---------5---|
A|-----------------------------3---|
E|---------------------------------|
[Outro]
G D/F# Em
Gtr II
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~
e|--------------------||---------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------------------||---------------------|------------------------------|
G|---------------5b7==||=(5)-(5)r-5-4-2--0-2-|-[4]-5-4-2-(2)---2-4b5==(4)r==|
D|-(5)---------0------||---------------------|---------------5--------------|
A|--------------------||---------------------|------------------------------|
E|--------------------||---------------------|------------------------------|
|
e|--------------------||---------------------|------------------------------|
B|-(5)----(5)---------||---------------------|------------------------------|
G|-(5)----(5)---------||---------------------|------------------------------|
D|-(5)----(5)---------||---------------------|------------------------------|
A|-(3)----(3)---------||---------------------|------------------------------|
E|--------------------||---------------------|------------------------------|
C G D/F#
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~
e|-------------------------------|--------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------------------|------------3-|-(3)-------------|
G|-(4)-2--4b5==(4)r(4)-2-(2)h4---|--------------|------5-4-2--0-2-|
D|-----------------------------5-|-(5)------0---|-----------------|
A|-------------------------------|--------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------|-----------------|
Em
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~~
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-[4]-5-4-2-(2)-0-2-4b5==(4)r|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
C G
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
~~~~~~~~
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-(4)-2--4b5==(4)r(4)-2-(2)h4p2---|--------2h4p2-0---2h4p2--|
D|-------------------------------5-|-(5)------------0--------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
D/F# Em
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~ ~
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------10-|
B|----------------------------------|---------8--8--10b12==(10)r----|
G|-0h2h4p2p0-2h4p2p0h2-4p2p0h2-5S7--|-(7)--/9-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
C
| | |
/ / /
e|------------10-------10-------10------------10------------10-------|
B|-10b12-(10)----10b12----10b12----10b12-(10)----10b12-(10)----10b12-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G
| | |
/ / /
~~
e|------------10---------------10b12-(10)-10-10-|
B|-10b12-(10)----10pb12r(10)-8------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
D/F#
| | |
/ / /
~~~~ ~~~
e|-(10)--8-10-------10-12-10----0-10h12-15-|
B|------------10s12----------12------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Em C
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
~~~~~~ ~~
e|-(15)--12-15-15--12-15-15-12-|-15--12-15-15-12-15--12-15-15-|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
G D/F#
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-/17---17b19==(17)r---19b20==|=(19)r---20b22==(20)r---22b24-(22)-|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Em
| | |
/ / /
e|-22pb24-22pb24-22pb24-22pb24-22pb24-22pb24-22pb24-22pb24--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
C
| | |
/ / /
e|-22b24-22pb24-22pb24-22b24-22pb24-22pb24-22b24-22pb24-|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
G D/F#
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
e|-22pb24-22b24-22pb24-22pb24-22pb24-22b24-22pb24-22b24-22pb24-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-22b24-22pb24-22-20-19-20-22-20b22===|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Em
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~
e|-(20)r--20-19-17-19-20-19b20r|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
C
| | |
/ / /
e|-19-17-19-17-------17----19-17-------------------------------|
B|-------------20-20-20b22-------20-17-20-17-17-20-17-19-17-17-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G D/F#
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
e|----------------------------------------------------3-|-(3)----------|
B|-17----17-17----20-17-17-------20-22b24==(22)r------0-|-(0)--------3-|
G|-19b21----19b21----------19s21-----------------12\--0-|-(0)--------2-|
D|-----------------------------------------------12\--0-|-(0)--------0-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------3-|-(3)------2-2-|
Em C G
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
e|--------------|----------------|--------------3--|
B|-(3)----------|----------------|--------------3--|
G|-(2)----------|----------------|--------------0--|
D|-(0)--------2-|-(2)----(2)---5-|--5--5--------0--|
A|------------2-|-(2)----(2)---3-|--3--3-----------|
E|-(2)------0-0-|-(0)----(0)-----|--------x-3-3-3--|
G D/F# C
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
e|-(3)----------|--------------|----------------|------------------3-*|--|
B|-(3)--------3-|-(3)----------|----------------|------------------3-*|--|
G|-(0)--------2-|-(2)----------|----------------|--5-5---5-5-------0-*|--|
D|-(0)--------0-|-(0)--------2-|-(2)----(2)---5-|--3-3---3-3-------0-*|--|
A|--------------|------------2-|-(2)----(2)---3-|--------------2-----*|--|
E|-(3)------2-2-|-(2)------0-0-|-(0)----(0)-----|----------------3-3-*|--|
************************************
| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| s Slap
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