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Higher Ground Bass

(ver. 1)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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                            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
    $
            |-3-| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
    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    H    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
-----------
 |  - 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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