Higher Ground
By Stewie Wonder 
As recorded by the Red Hot Chili Peppers 
From the album Mother's Milk
Tabbed by Martin Peters

Bass
Tripel feel

Moderate fast

Bass fig.1:
G-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D-|-----2-------5---7|-----2-------5---7|-----2-------5---7-|-----2-------5---7|
A-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E-|0--0---0--3-3-5-5-|0--0---0--3-3-5-5-|0--0---0--3-3-5-5--|0--0--0--3-3-5-5--|
   T  T P T  T TPT TP   T  T P T  T TPT TP   T  T P T  T TPT TP   T  T P T  T TPT TP

Play Fig.1 with variations exampels are shown above    

Interlude after every verse: 
G-|--------------------|--------------------|-------------5---7-|----7-----5h7-|
D-|-----5-------8---10-|-----5-------8---10-|------7------------|-------5h7----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|----------3-3-5-5--|-5-5-x--------|
E-|3--3---3--6-6-8-8---|3--3---3--6-6-8-8---|-5--5---5----------|--------------|
   T  T P T  T TPT TP    T  T P T  T TPT TP    T  T P T T TPT TP   T TPT T  P

Chorus:
G-|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D-|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A-|----------------------|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7-7---7-|----------------------|
E-|-5---5--3--5--3--5--3-|------------------5-7--|-5---5--3--5--3--5--3-|

G-|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
D-|-----------------5-7---|----------------------|-----------------------|
A-|-7-7-7-5p0-5-7-7-----7-|----------------------|-------5p0-7-7-7-7-----|
E-|-----------------------|-5---5--3--5--3--5--5-|-0-0-0-------------5-7-|

G-|---9-11-9--------------|-------------------------|
D-|---------11-10-9-8-9-8-|-9--7--------------------|
A-|-9------------9---9----|------9-8-7--------------|
E-|-----------------------|-----------10-9-8-7-10-7-|

Play the Chorus part with normaly finger style. 
Flea is improvising a little in 2,4 and 6. 

Outro:
G-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D-|---------------5-5-7-5-|---------------5-5-7-5-|---------------5-5-7-5-|
A-|--------7-7-7-7--------|--------7-7-7-7--------|--------7-7-7-7--------|
E-|-0-0-0-0---------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|

G-|-----------------------|
D-|---------------5-7-5---|
A-|--------7-7-7-7------7-|
E-|-0-0-0-0---------------|















HIGHER GROUND by the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, written by Stevie Wonder
submitted by: rajiv_thava@yahoo.com
 
 This tab is a correction of scott b's original tab,
most of it is based on a tab i found on some obscure site, but with corrections
 
MAIN RIFF:  
          G-|-----------------|
          D-|----2-------5---7|
          A-|-----------------|
          E-|-0-0--0-h3-3-5-5-|
              S SP S  S SPS SP     simile for rest of song
 
          Fill 1: (Variation to Main Riff)
          G-|-----------------------------|
          D-|-----2-----------------------|
          A-|-------------3---------------|
          E-|-0-0---0-3H5---5-4-3---------|
          Fill 2:
          G-|--------------7-----6--------|
          D-|-----2-----------------------|
          A-|----------5-5---4-4----------|
          E-|-0-0---0---------------------|
          
          Interlude after Main Riff:
          G-|------------------------------------------------
          D-|-----4--------7-----9-----4--------7----9-------
          A-|------------------------------------------------
          E-|-2-2---2--5-5---7-7----2-2---2--5-5--7-7--------
          
          G-|-------------------7---7-----------------------|
          D-|------7------7--------------5H7----------------|
          A-|---------------5--5---5---5--------------------|
          E-|--5-5---5--5-----------------------------------|
          
          Chorus: (Not Slapped)
          Reapeat 2 Times
          G-|---------------------------------
          D-|--------------------------------- 
          A-|----------------7-7-7-7-7-5------ 
          E-|-5-5--3-5-3-5-3-------------7-6--
          
          On Third time Play: (not sure if it's right)
          G-|--------------------------------9-11-9--------------
          D-|--------------------------------------11-10--9-8-9-8 
          A-|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-------------9---9--- 
          E-|-5-5--3-5-3-5-3-------------------------------------
          
          
          G-|------------------------|
          D-|-9--7-------------------|
          A-|-------9-8-7------------| 
          E-|-------------10-9-8-7-10|
          
          Outro:(Not Slapped, repeat a couple of times)
          G-|--------------------|
          D-|--------------------|
          A-|--------------------|
          E-|--0-0-0-0-3-5-0-----|