Higher Ground Lyrics

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