HIGHER GROUND (Bassline)
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1992 Album WHAT HITS)
Words and Music by Stevie Wonder
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=138(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
|-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 E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|----------------------||-||----------------------|
||o-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---o||-||o-----2-------5-----7-|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-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 E E E a E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|-----2-------------|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2----------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------|---------4s5-4-2-2----o||
|-0-0---0-3h5-7-5-3-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-----------3---||
1st & 3rd Verse
|-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 E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---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 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---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 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|-----4-------7-----9-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-2-2---2-5-5---7-7---|
|-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 E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|---7-----7-----6-----5--|
|-----4-------6-----7-|-----7---7-5-----|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------7-5-|-5---5-5---4-4---3-3----|
|-2-2---2-4-4---5-5---|-5-5---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 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|
2nd & 4th Verse
|-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 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---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 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---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 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-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 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----4-------7-----9-|-----4-------6-----7-|-----7---7-5-----|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------7-5-|
|-2-2---2-5-5---7-7---|-2-2---2-4-4---5-5---|-5-5---5---------|
|-3-| |-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 E E E E E E e E E
|---7-----7-----6-----5-|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---|
|-5---5-5---4-4---3-3---|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|
Chorus
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E 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
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|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---||----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------||----------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-||-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|
|-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--------|
|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7-7-7---5-|----------------|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7---7-5----|
|---------------------7---|-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|-----------------------7--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------------|-----9s11-9-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|------------11-10-9s8---9-8---|
|----------------|-------5p0-5-------7---5-|-7s9------------------9-----9-|
|-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|-0-0-0-------0-0-0---7---|------------------------------|
1.
|-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E E E E E e E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7s9-7---------------------|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7----|
|-------9-8-7---------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------10-9-8-7-10-7-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5--|
2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------||--------------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----------------7-o||--------------------------|
|---------------------|-12s===2-----------o||-------5-----7-5-------5--|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|---------3-3-5-5----||-7-5h7---7-5-----7-5h7----|
|-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 E E E E E E E
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||o-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------------|-----2-------5-----7-|
||o---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3h5-7-5-3-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|
1. 2.
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E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----2---------------o||-----2-------------||o-----2-------5-----7--|
|---------4s5-4-2-2---o||---------5-4---2---||o----------------------|
|-0-0---0-----------3--||-0-0---0---------3-||--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 E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----2-------------|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------|---------5-4---2---o||
|-0-0---0-3h5-7-5-3-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0---------3--||
Very Fast H=160
q Q H W W
|------------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------|
W Q E E E E E E Q E E +E e E E
|----------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------||o----------------|------------------|
|----------||o----------------|------------------|
|----------||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-5-(5)-3-3-3-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E +E e E E Q Q H
|----------------|-------------------||------------*|
|----------------|------------------o||------------*|
|----------------|------------------o||------------*|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-5-(5)-3-3-3--||-0----------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
