Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers
HIGHER GROUND (Bassline)
As recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(From the 1990 Album MOTHER'S MILK)
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Flea'
Intro
Q=138(8=s8)
[4/4] Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[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---| |---------------------|---------------------| |-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]
|---------------------|-----------------------| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7-----| |---------------------|-----------------------| |-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[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---------------------|-------------2-----| ||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3h5---5-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [A] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|-----------------------|| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2----------------o|| |---------------------|---------4s5-4-2-2----o|| |-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-----------3---||
1st - 4th Verses
$
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[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---------------------|---------------------| ||--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]
|---------------------|---------------------| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---| |---------------------|---------------------| |-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]
|---------------------|---------------------| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---| |---------------------|---------------------| |-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]
|---------------------|----------------------| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7----| |---------------------|----------------------| |-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]
|---------------------|---------------------| |-----4-------7-----9-|-----4-------6-----7-| |---------------------|---------------------| |-2-2---2-5-5---7-7---|-2-2---2-4-4---5-5---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|---7-----7-----6-----5---| |-----7---7-5-----|-------------------------| |-------------7-5-|-5---5-5---4-4---3-3-----| |-5-5---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]
|---------------------|---------------------| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7---| |---------------------|---------------------| |-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]
|---------------------|-----------------------|| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------5---7----o|| |---------------------|----------------------o|| |-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3-3---5---5---||
Choruses
|-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
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------| |----------------|---------------------------|----------------| |----------------|-7-7-7-5p(0)-5-7-7-7-7---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 q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------|----------------------------| |-------------------5-------|----------------|----------------------------| |-7-7-7-5p(0)-5-7-7---7-5---|----------------|-------5p(0)-5-------7---5--| |-------------------------7-|-5--5-3-5-3-5-3-|-0-0-0---------0-0-0---7----|
To Coda
|-3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
[A] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----9s11-9-------------------| |------------11-10-9s8---9-8---| |-7s9------------------9-----9-| |------------------------------| |-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]
|---------------------------|-----------------------| |-7s9-7---------------------|-----2-------5-----7---| |-------9-8-7---------------|-----------------------| |-------------10-9-8-7-10-7-|-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] [B] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|| |-----2-------5---7---|-----2-------5-----7-|-----------------7--|| |---------------------|---------------------|-12s===2------------|| |-0-0---0-3-3---5---5-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|---------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]
|-------------------------||----------------------| |-------------------------||o-----2-------5-----7-| |-------5-----7-5-------5-||o---------------------| |-7-5h7---7-5-----7-5h7---||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|---------------------| |-----2-------------|-----2-------5-----7-| |-------------2-----|---------------------| |-0-0---0-3h5---5-3-|-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|
1. 2.
|-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [A] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|----------------------||-------------------| |-----2---------------o||-----2-------------| |---------4s5-4-2-2---o||---------5-4---2---| |-0-0---0-----------3--||-0-0---0---------3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[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---------------------|-------------2-----| ||--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0-3h5---5-3-|
Outro
Very Fast H.=110
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q H Q
|---------------------|--------------------||-||------------| |-----2-------5-----7-|-----2-------------o||-||------------| |---------------------|---------5-4---2---o||-||------------| |-0-0---0-3-3---5-5---|-0-0---0---------3--||-||-0----------|
W W W
|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|------|
Q E E E E E E Q E Q E E E
||-----------------|---------------| ||o----------------|---------------| ||o----------------|---------------| ||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
Q E E E E E E Q E Q E E E Q Q H
|----------------|----------------||------------*| |----------------|---------------o||------------*| |----------------|---------------o||------------*| |-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-5--3-3-3--||-2----------*|
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
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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
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