Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tabbed by: Rob “the boogie man” Ferrín
Intro:
e|------7--7--x----------|---7--7--x--------------| B|------8--8--x--10p8----|---8--8--x--------------| G|------9--9--x-------9--|---9--9--x--------------| D|-----------------------|-----------7p5---7p5----| A|-----------------------|---------------7-----7--| E|-----------------------|------------------------| e|------7--7--x----------|---7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--9--9--| B|------8--8--x--10p8----|---8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10--| G|------9--9--x-------9--|---9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--| Play twice D|-----------------------|--------------------------------| A|-----------------------|--------------------------------| E|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
Verse:
[E5] [G5] [A5] [E5] [G5] [A5]
e|----------------------|----------------------| B|----------------------|----------------------| G|----------------------|----------------------| D|---------------5--7---|---------------5--7---| A|---------------5--7---|---------------5--7---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0--3--5---|--0-0-0-0-0-0--3--5---|
People...............................keep on learnin’
Soldiers.............................keep on warrin’
[F#] [A] [B] [F#] [A] [B] [A] [G]
e|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---| B|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---| G|-------------------------|------------16-16-16-16-16///---| D|----7-----9-----7-----9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------| A|--9---9-7-9---9---9-7-9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------| E|----------7-----------7--|--5-5-5-5-5---------------------|
World.................keep on turnin’.......Cause it won’t be too long.
Repeat intro (the second part is a little different):
e|------7--7--x----------|---7--7--x---10-10-10--9--9--9--| B|------8--8--x--10p8----|---8--8--x---10-10-10-10-10-10--| G|------9--9--x-------9--|---9--9--x---11-11-11--9--9--9--| Play twice D|-----------------------|--------------------------------| A|-----------------------|--------------------------------| E|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat verse
In some parts a 2nd guitar plays:
[E5] [G5] [A5] [E5] [G5] [A5] [E5] [G5] [A5]
e|----------------15-15-15--|----------------------|----------------15-15-15-| B|----------------15-15-15--|----------------------|----------------15-15-15-| G|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| D|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| A|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
Powers................................keep on lyin’
While your people.....................keep on dyin’
[F#] [A] [B] [F#] [A] [B] [A] [G]
e|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---| B|-------------------------|------------15-15-15-15-15///---| G|-------------------------|------------16-16-16-16-16///---| D|----7-----9-----7-----9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------| A|--9---9-7-9---9---9-7-9--|--7-7-7-7-7---------------------| E|----------7-----------7--|--5-5-5-5-5---------------------|
World.................keep on turnin’.......cause it won’t be too long
Chorus:
[A] [E] [G] [E] [G]
e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| Play X 3 D|------7—-7p5-7p5----------5---------5--| A|------7----------7--------5---------5--| E|------5------------0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3--|
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
e|---------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------x--x--x--x--x----------------| G|-----11--------------14-14-14-14-14////------------| D|-----11--------------14-14-14-14-14////------------| A|------9--------------12-12-12-12-12////------------| E|------9---------------x--x--x--x--x----------------|
Gonna keep on tryin’ till I reach the highest ground
Outro:
e|--0-0-0-0-0-3-5-3--| B|--0-0-0-0-0-3-5-3--| G|-------------------| repeat several times D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
And that’s the way I play “higher ground”. I think it’s a cool song, and very hard to tab too.
Corrections/comments:
rob_ferrin@hotmail.com
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