Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
By The Who
Written by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey
Bass performance by John Entwistle (he kicks ass)
Tabbed by BIG TOMMY P
STANDARD TUNING
I think this is right (if not, close enough)
Intro is guitar
“I can go anyway, way I choose”
Riff 1
(play 2 times, start in second line of verse)
G|-------7-5---------------------------|
D|------------7-5--5-5--7-7------------|
A|-5-5---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Riff 2
On third time, play
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|--5--5--------3---------|
E|---------3--3----3-5----|
Play riff 1 again, not once, not twice, but thrice
On the fourth time, play riff 2
(riff 2 should be played when Roger sings “anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose”
for the next bit, just keep playing
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|--555555555—
“nothing gets in my way…”
for the next instrumental part, play
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--55555555555555--33333--555555555555555------------------------------------|
(I don’t actually know how many times John plays each A and G, but listen to the
recording of it and you should get it)
that’s pretty much it, if you think yourself capable enough to play the basslines of
Ox”, then you should be able to figure the placement of things, but I’ve pretty much done
for you.