Higher Ground Chords & Tabs
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HIGHER GROUND (Bassline)
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1990 Album MOTHER'S MILK)
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Flea'
Intro
Q=138(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7-----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5---|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------------|
||o---------------------|-------------2-----|
||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3h5---5-3-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2----------------o||
|---------------------|---------4s5-4-2-2----o||
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-----------3---||
1st - 4th Verses
$
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-------7-----9-|-----4-------6-----7-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2---2-5-5---7-7---|-2-2---2-4-4---5-5---|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---7-----7-----6-----5---|
|-----7---7-5-----|-------------------------|
|-------------7-5-|-5---5-5---4-4---3-3-----|
|-5-5---5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7----o||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5---||
Choruses
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-7-7-7-5p(0)-5-7-7-7-7---5-|----------------|
|-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|-----------------------7---|-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/higher_ground_btab_ver_6.html ]
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------5-------|----------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-5p(0)-5-7-7---7-5---|----------------|-------5p(0)-5-------7---5--|
|-------------------------7-|-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|-0-0-0---------0-0-0---7----|
To Coda
|-3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
A E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----9s11-9-------------------|
|------------11-10-9s8---9-8---|
|-7s9------------------9-----9-|
|------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
A E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7s9-7---------------------|-----2-------5-----7---|
|-------9-8-7---------------|-----------------------|
|-------------10-9-8-7-10-7-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5-----|
D.S. al Coda
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|-----------------7--||
|---------------------|---------------------|-12s===2------------||
|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|---------3-3-5-5----||
&
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------------||o-----2-------5-----7-|
|-------5-----7-5-------5-||o---------------------|
|-7-5h7---7-5-----7-5h7---||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------------|-----2-------5-----7-|
|-------------2-----|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3h5---5-3-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|
1. 2.
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E A E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||-------------------|
|-----2---------------o||-----2-------------|
|---------4s5-4-2-2---o||---------5-4---2---|
|-0-0---0-----------3--||-0-0---0---------3-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------------|
||o---------------------|-------------2-----|
||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3h5---5-3-|
Outro
Very Fast H.=110
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q H Q
|---------------------|--------------------||-||------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------------o||-||------------|
|---------------------|---------5-4---2---o||-||------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0---------3--||-||-0----------|
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
Q E E E E E E Q E Q E E E
||-----------------|---------------|
||o----------------|---------------|
||o----------------|---------------|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
Q E E E E E E Q E Q E E E Q Q H
|----------------|----------------||------------*|
|----------------|---------------o||------------*|
|----------------|---------------o||------------*|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-5--3-3-3--||-2----------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
