Higher Ground 

by the 

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stevie Wonder Cover

Bass Intro 

Lick 1

Clean Bass

g------------------------------------------------
d-------2-------------------5---------------7---- 
a------------------------------------------------
e-0-0----0--------3-3------------5-5-------------

Lick 2

g---------------------------2---------------4-----
d-----------4-------------------------------------
a-------------------0-0------------2-2------------
e---2-2------2------------------------------------

Guitar 1

Mid/Mid High Distort/Gain (Stevie Wonder has it wah-wah'ed)

intro
e-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-|----12-----12--x--x--x--------------|-12-----12-----------------------|
G-|.---12-----12--x--x--x----14p12-----|-12-----12--------12---------12--|
D-|.---12-----12--x--x--x-----------14-|-12-----12--------12---------12--|
A-|-x------x------x--x--x--------------|-----x------12h14-----12h14------|
E-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e-|------------------------------------|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15|
B-|--x--12----12--x--x--x------------x-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15|
G-|--x--12----12--x--x--x--14p12-----x-|--------------------------------.|
D-|--x-----14-----x--x--x--------14----|--------------------------------.|
A-|---------------x--x--x--------------|---------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

rhythm fill

   palm mute--------------------------|
e-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G-|-------------4--6--------------4--6-|---------------------------------|
D-|-------------5--7--------------5--7-|------repeat a few times---------|
A-|-------------5--7--------------5--7-|---------------------------------|
E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|---------------------------------|


e-|--------------------------------------------|
B-|--9----9--x-x-x--------9----9--x-x-x--------|
G-|--9----9--x-x-x--9-----9----9--x-x-x--9-----|
D-|--9----9--x-x-x--9h11--9----9--x-x-x--9h11--|
A-|----11----x-x-x----------11----x-x-x--------|
E-|--------------------------------------------|


e-|---------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
B-|-9----9--x-x-x-------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G-|-9----9--x-x-x--9----------------------------|
D-|-9----9--x-x-x--9h11-------------------------|
A-|---11----x-x-x-------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------|


e-|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B-|-17-x-17-x-17-17-17-x-------------------|--------------------------------|
G-|-17-x-17-x-17-17-17-x-------------------|--------------------------------|
D-|-17-x-17-x-17-17-17-x--5-x-5---5--5--5--|----repeat last measure once----|
A-|-15-x-15-x-15-15-15-x--5-x-5---5--5--5--|--------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------3-x-3---3--3--3--|--------------------------------|

e-|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------|--5-----------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------|--5-----------------------------|
D-|--7-------------------------------------|--5-----------------------------|
A-|--7-------------------------------------|--3-----------------------------|
E-|--5-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|


e-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G-|-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-14-12-|-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-14-12-|-9-9-12-9-12-14-12-9-9-|
D-|-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-14-12-|-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-14-12-|-9-9-12-9-12-14-12-9-9-|
A-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|




Guitar 2 Chords

Low/Mid Gain/Distort

Em        G A  Em    G A     Em      G A      Em     G A
Soldiers,            keep on war'in
Em        G A  Em    G A     Em      G A      Em     G A
Teachers,            keep on teachin
F#m       A B  F#m   A B     F#m     A B      F#m
World,               keep on spinnin'
        A    B        Em     G A     Em     G A
For it won't be too long


A                          Em      Em(7)
I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
       A
For my last time on Earth 
          Em           Em(7)
I lived a whole lotta sin
    A                   Em                Em(7)
I'm so darn glad I know more than I knew then
          F#m            B7
I'm gonna keep on tryin 'til I reach my
       Em      G A  Em     G A
Higher Ground



Lyrics


People
keep on learnin'
Soldiers
keep on warrin'
World,
keep on turnin'
cause it won't be too long.
Powers
a-keep on lyin',
while your people
a-keep on dyin'
World,
keep on turnin',
cause it won't be too long.

Chorus:
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.
Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground.

Teachers,
a-keep on teachin'
Preachers,
keep on preachin',
World, keep on turnin',
'cause it won't be too long.
oh, no
Lovers,
a-keep on lovin'
while believers
keep on believin'.
Sleepers,
just stop sleepin'
'cause it won't be too long.
Oh, no!

Chorus

(Spoken) An' Stevie knows that, uh, no-body's gonna bring me down.
Till I reach the highest ground.
(Spoken) 'cause me 'n' Stevie, see, we're gonna be a sailin' on the funky sound
Till I reach the highest ground.
(Spoken) Bustin' out, an I'll break you out, 'cause I'm sailin' on.
Till I reach the highest ground
(Spoken)Just, uh, sailin' on sailin' on the higher ground
Till I reach the highest ground



Transcribed By Luca Celano
Corrections/Comments to lucacelano@hotmail.com

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