basse Higher Ground

Higher Ground
By Stewie Wonder
As recorded by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album Mother's Milk
Tabbed by Martin Peters

Bass
Tripel feel

Moderate fast

Bass fig.1:
G-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D-|-----2-------5---7|-----2-------5---7|-----2-------5---7-|-----2-------5---7|
A-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E-|0--0---0--3-3-5-5-|0--0---0--3-3-5-5-|0--0---0--3-3-5-5--|0--0--0--3-3-5-5--|
T T P T T TPT TP T T P T T TPT TP T T P T T TPT TP T T P T T TPT TP

Play Fig.1 with variations exampels are shown above

Interlude after every verse:
G-|--------------------|--------------------|-------------5---7-|----7-----5h7-|
D-|-----5-------8---10-|-----5-------8---10-|------7------------|-------5h7----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|----------3-3-5-5--|-5-5-x--------|
E-|3--3---3--6-6-8-8---|3--3---3--6-6-8-8---|-5--5---5----------|--------------|
T T P T T TPT TP T T P T T TPT TP T T P T T TPT TP T TPT T P

Chorus:
G-|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D-|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A-|----------------------|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7-7---7-|----------------------|
E-|-5---5--3--5--3--5--3-|------------------5-7--|-5---5--3--5--3--5--3-|

G-|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
D-|-----------------5-7---|----------------------|-----------------------|
A-|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7-----7-|----------------------|-------5p0-7-7-7-7-----|
E-|-----------------------|-5---5--3--5--3--5--5-|-0-0-0-------------5-7-|

G-|---9-11-9--------------|-------------------------|
D-|---------11-10-9-8-9-8-|-9--7--------------------|
A-|-9------------9---9----|------9-8-7--------------|
E-|-----------------------|-----------10-9-8-7-10-7-|

Play the Chorus part with normaly finger style.
Flea is improvising a little in 2,4 and 6.

Outro:
G-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D-|---------------5-5-7-5-|---------------5-5-7-5-|---------------5-5-7-5-|
A-|--------7-7-7-7--------|--------7-7-7-7--------|--------7-7-7-7--------|
E-|-0-0-0-0---------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|

G-|-----------------------|
D-|---------------5-7-5---|
A-|--------7-7-7-7------7-|
E-|-0-0-0-0---------------|















HIGHER GROUND by the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, written by Stevie Wonder
submitted by: rajiv_thava@yahoo.com

This tab is a correction of scott b's original tab,
most of it is based on a tab i found on some obscure site, but with corrections

MAIN RIFF:
G-|-----------------|
D-|----2-------5---7|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-0-0--0-h3-3-5-5-|
S SP S S SPS SP simile for rest of song

Fill 1: (Variation to Main Riff)
G-|-----------------------------|
D-|-----2-----------------------|
A-|-------------3---------------|
E-|-0-0---0-3H5---5-4-3---------|
Fill 2:
G-|--------------7-----6--------|
D-|-----2-----------------------|
A-|----------5-5---4-4----------|
E-|-0-0---0---------------------|

Interlude after Main Riff:
G-|------------------------------------------------
D-|-----4--------7-----9-----4--------7----9-------
A-|------------------------------------------------
E-|-2-2---2--5-5---7-7----2-2---2--5-5--7-7--------

G-|-------------------7---7-----------------------|
D-|------7------7--------------5H7----------------|
A-|---------------5--5---5---5--------------------|
E-|--5-5---5--5-----------------------------------|

Chorus: (Not Slapped)
Reapeat 2 Times
G-|---------------------------------
D-|---------------------------------
A-|----------------7-7-7-7-7-5------
E-|-5-5--3-5-3-5-3-------------7-6--

On Third time Play: (not sure if it's right)
G-|--------------------------------9-11-9--------------
D-|--------------------------------------11-10--9-8-9-8
A-|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-------------9---9---
E-|-5-5--3-5-3-5-3-------------------------------------


G-|------------------------|
D-|-9--7-------------------|
A-|-------9-8-7------------|
E-|-------------10-9-8-7-10|

Outro:(Not Slapped, repeat a couple of times)
G-|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
E-|--0-0-0-0-3-5-0-----|