Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground Chords & Tabs

Tabbed by: Rob “the boogie man” Ferrín

Intro:
e|------7--7--x----------|---7--7--x--------------|
B|------8--8--x--10p8----|---8--8--x--------------|
G|------9--9--x-------9--|---9--9--x--------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------7p5---7p5----|
A|-----------------------|---------------7-----7--|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|

e|------7--7--x----------|---7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
B|------8--8--x--10p8----|---8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G|------9--9--x-------9--|---9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--| Play twice
D|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------------------|

Verse:
    E5          G5  A5     E5          G5  A5
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------5--7---|---------------5--7---|
A|---------------5--7---|---------------5--7---|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0--3--5---|--0-0-0-0-0-0--3--5---|

People...............................keep on learnin’
Soldiers.............................keep on warrin’

    F#    A B   F#    A B     A         G
e|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---|
B|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---|
G|-------------------------|------------16-16-16-16-16///---|
D|----7-----9-----7-----9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
A|--9---9-7-9---9---9-7-9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
E|----------7-----------7--|--5-5-5-5-5---------------------|
World.................keep on turnin’.......Cause it won’t be too long.

Repeat intro (the second part is a little different):
e|------7--7--x----------|---7--7--x---10-10-10--9--9--9--|
B|------8--8--x--10p8----|---8--8--x---10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G|------9--9--x-------9--|---9--9--x---11-11-11--9--9--9--| Play twice
D|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_hot_chili_peppers/higher_ground_tab_ver_5.html ]
Repeat verse
In some parts a 2nd guitar plays:
    E5        G5  A5            E5        G5  A5      E5        G5  A5
e|----------------15-15-15--|----------------------|----------------15-15-15-|
B|----------------15-15-15--|----------------------|----------------15-15-15-|
G|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
    Powers................................keep on     lyin’
    While your people.....................keep on dyin’

    F#    A B   F#    A B     A         G
e|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---|
B|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---|
G|-------------------------|------------16-16-16-16-16///---|
D|----7-----9-----7-----9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
A|--9---9-7-9---9---9-7-9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
E|----------7-----------7--|--5-5-5-5-5---------------------|
World.................keep on turnin’.......cause it won’t be too long


Chorus:
        A            E      G  E      G
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------| Play X 3
D|------7—-7p5-7p5----------5---------5--|
A|------7----------7--------5---------5--|
E|------5------------0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3--|
  I’m so darn glad he let me try it again,
  ‘cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
  I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------x--x--x--x--x----------------|
G|-----11--------------14-14-14-14-14////------------|
D|-----11--------------14-14-14-14-14////------------|
A|------9--------------12-12-12-12-12////------------|
E|------9---------------x--x--x--x--x----------------|
  Gonna keep on tryin’ till I reach the highest ground

Outro:
e|--0-0-0-0-0-3-5-3--|
B|--0-0-0-0-0-3-5-3--|
G|-------------------| repeat several times
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

And that’s the way I play “higher ground”. I think it’s a cool song, and very hard to tab too.

Corrections/comments:
rob_ferrin@hotmail.com