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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. Any similarity to the original means that they have
transcribed the song correctly :)     blah, blah, blah...
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THUNDER   - HIGHER GROUND
ALBUM     - BACKSTREET SYMPHONY
TABBED BY - Matt Gilroy

Key

 2^3   Play 2nd and hammer-on to 3rd
 3^2   Play 3rd and pull-off to 2nd
 x     Left hand damping/palm muting
 o/o   Repeat previous bar
 |: :| Play section between markers again

Any comments, additions, corrections will be appreciated.

INTRO - Distorted Guitar

                                                x4  (See fill 1)
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|.----7--x--7--x--3------------------------x--5--.|---7^^^^^^^-------|
|.----7--x--7--x--3---------------3--x--3--x--5--.|---7--------------|
|-----5--x--5--x--1---------------3--x--3--x--3---|---5--------------|
|---------------------------------1--x--1--x------|------------------|

 Lead intro. Start on 3rd repeat of rhythm
 (Not accurate but it will get you by. Maybe!!)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------10-----10----------10--12--12bh-12------12bh--10^12--------|
|----7/9-----12-------10^12----------------------------------10^12--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10----10^12-12bh-12--12bh-r--------------|
|---------------10^12----12-----------------------10/12^^^^^^^^|
|---------10^12------------------------------------------------|
|---10^13------------------------------------------------------|

 FILL 1 (Luke Morley often uses on live performances.)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-2^0^2^0^2..trill.|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|

VERSE 1 (Do not play chords openly.  Apply l/hand damping to give a
short percussion type rhythm)

I feel the 
wind blow                     on the corner                       and I'm
|-------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-------|
|-------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-----------------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-------|
|-------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-------|
|-------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-----------------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   looking down           along this dead end street             all the
|----------------------------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----|
|----------------------------------------------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0---3------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2---3------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-----|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3---3-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

  people                  are getting older                   but they dont
|-------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-------|
|-------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-----------------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-------|
|-------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-------|
|-------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-----------------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

  give a damn   their lives are incomplete
|----------------------------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----|
|----------------------------------------------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0---3------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2---3------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-----|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3---3-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   G  G  F  G              F  G  F            C
            It don't look no better than it did before
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------5----------|
|--5--5--3--5--------------3--5--3------------5----------|
|--5--5--3--5--------------3--3--3------------3----------|
|--3--3--1--3--------------1--3--1-----------------------|

   G  G  F  G              F  G  F       C             A            
            And I know whats happening behind each door
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------5-------------2-|
|--5--5--3--5--------------3--5--3-------5-------------2-|
|--5--5--3--5--------------3--3--3-------3-------------0-|
|--3--3--1--3--------------1--3--1-----------------------|

   D                G/D       C                     G        D 
    If I don't get out  today  I'm gonna waste my life away
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------8------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------7---------3------------------------------7-|
|--7----------------5---------5---------------------5--------7-|
|--5----------------5---------5---------------------5--------5-|
|---------------------------------------------------3----------|

                G/D                C       D
  and thats a part  that I can't play
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------8----------------------------------------------|
|---------------7------------------5-------7-------------------|
|---------------5------------------5-------7-------------------|
|---------------5------------------3-------5-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS

  Bb             F                   C
  I don't wanna spend my whole life in this town
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-3----------------------------------5-----------------|
|-3--------------3-------------------5-----------------|
|-1--------------3-------------------3-----------------|
|----------------1-------------------------------------|

  Bb              F             C                    G  F
  I can feel it driving me  a  way   ye  eh  eh eh
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------5-------------------------|
|-3---------------3-------------5--------------------5--3-|
|-1---------------3-------------3--------------------5--3-|
|-----------------1----------------------------------3--1-|

  Bb                     F       C                    Am
  Baby you and me were meant for higher ground we've got to steal away
|-----------------------------------------------------0--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------1--------------|
|-3------------------------------5--------------------2--------------|
|-3----------------------3-------5--------------------2--------------|
|-1----------------------3-------3--------------------0--------------|
|------------------------1-------------------------------------------|

                                                               As a young
|-------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-------|
|-------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-----------------3--3--3--3--3--3---1-------|
|-------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-----------------2--2--2--2--2--2---0-------|
|-------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-----------------0--0--0--0--0--0---0-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE 2  (Similar pattern to Verse 1)

boy I didn't fit in and I knew it then I wouldn't be the same
But that was only in the beginning 
And as time rolled on deeper grew the pain

G G F G...
        So give me one good reason why I should stay
I think I've got enough money for the late night train

D                G/D....
 There's a world you've never seen but I've been there in my dreams
Its calling out to me...

Bb             F..
 I don't wanna spend my whole life in this town
I can feel it driving me away
Baby you and me were meant for higher ground we've got to steal away

SOLO

                                If I don't get out today I'm gonna waste
|-------------------------2-r--|
|-------------------------3-e--|
|-2^^^^^^^^^--------------2-s--|
|-0-----------------------0-t--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

my life away                   I'm gonna waste my life away
|------------2-------3-------5-----3-------3--------------2-------3--|
|------------3-------3-------3-----3-------3--------------3-------3--|
|------------2-------2-------2-----2-------2--------------2-------2--|
|------------0-------0-------0-----0-------0--------------0-------0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
      
      and thats a part that I can't play...
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|--7---------------------------------------
|--5---------------------------------------
|--5---------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------

Bb            F...
I don't wanna spend my whole life in this town
I can feel it driving me away
Baby you and me were meant for higher ground we've got to steal away
I don't wanna spend my whole life in this town
I can feel it driving me away
Baby you and me were meant for higher ground we've got to steal away

SOLO OUTRO (With Intro rhythm backing,  D D Bb,  F F C)