HIGHER GROUND (Bassline)

As recorded by Stevie Wonder
(From the 1973 Album INNERVISIONS)

Words and Music by Stevie Wonder
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Stevie Wonder - Moog Synth. arr. for Bass'


 Intro
  Q=122(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
                         |-3-| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
  Wx4            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---------------|
|------------||o---------------------|---------------------|
|------------||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3h5-7-7p5-3-|


                                                   1st - 3rd Verses
                                                $
          |-3-| |-3-|                 |-3-|                 |-3-| |-3-|
  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 E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||-||----------------------|
|-----2-------5-----7-|-----2---------------o||-||o-----2-------5-----7-|
|---------------------|---------4s5-4-2-2---o||-||o---------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-----------3--||-||--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-|           |-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---|-----4-------7-----9-|-----4-------6-----7--|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-2-2---2-5-5---7-7---|-2-2---2-4-4---5-5----|


                        |-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---7-5-----|---------7-----6-----5-|-----2-------5-----7-|
|-------------7-5-|-5---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5---5---------|-----5-5---4-4---3-3---|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|


                                             1.
          |-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----o||
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5---||


                        Chorus
  2.,D.S.
          |-3-| |-3-|                     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  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
|---------------------||----------------|--------------------------|
|-----2-------5---7---||----------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------||----------------|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7-7-7---5--|
|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-||-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|---------------------7----|


                   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  q  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
|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------5-------|----------------|
|----------------|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7---7-5---|----------------|
|-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|-----------------------7-|-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   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-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0---7---|------------------------------|


        |-3-|  |-3-| |-3--|
  a E E E E E  E E E E  E E
|---------------------------|
|-7s9-7---------------------|
|-------9-8-7---------------|
|-------------10-9-8-7-10-7-|


                                     To Coda
          |-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---|


          D.S. al Coda &
          |-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-|


   Outro
            |-3-| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E  8x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---o||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5--||


Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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