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Higher Ground (Ver2) by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Higher Ground (12' Vocal Mix)
Bassist - Flea
Original Composer - Stevie Wonder

Drop tuned to Eb (half step on each string)

This tab is NOT perfect. Flea is too fast.
Any help would be much appreciated! =D

Verse:
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------5---------------------------|
Ab|7-7--xxxx5--x5-5h7-7--xxxx--x5-5h7--------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|

Lead-in:
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------5--------4------4s7---------|
Ab|7-7--xxxx5--x5-5h7 7--xxxx--x5-5h7--------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|

Fill before Chorus:
(Something like this)
(Very fast)
Gb|x9977----------|
Db|-----997757----|
Ab|---------------|
Eb|---------------|

Chorus:
Gb|------------------------|
Db|-----------------5------|
Ab|---------7-7-x5h7--7-5--|
Eb|5-5xx3h5----------------|

Fill after Chorus:
(There are more notes than this but it's along these lines)
(Very fast)
Gb|s12--------------------------------|
Db|----14-12--------------------------|
Ab|----------14-12-10-7-5-------------|
Eb|-----------------------7-5-3-------|

Bass solo:
(Flea messes with the syncopation a lot here, this is mostly right, but still not perfect)
Gb|----9-x-x---------7-9-7--------9-x-x-------7-6-7-x----|
Db|----------------9-------------------------------------|
Ab|5s7x---x--x5s7x--x-x-x-----5s7x---x--5s7x---x-x-x-----|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|

Gb|----9-x-x---------7-9-7-------------------------------|
Db|----------------9------------5x-----------------------|
Ab|5s7x---x--x5s7x--x-x-x---5x4---5----------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------5-3-0----------------|

This part is mostly ghost notes that I can tell
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------(5)x0-x-x-----------------5-5-5-5-------|
Ab|-----(5)x--5h7-----------------(5)x 5h7---------------|
Eb|(0)x---------------x-x----(0)x------------------------|

Gb|----------------6-7-6-7-------|
Db|-----------5h7x--x-x-x--------|
Ab|-----(5)x---------------------|
Eb|(0)x--------------------------|

Gb|------------------12-14-12-12------------------12-12h14p12-----|
Db|----14-14--12h14x---x--x--x--x-----14-14--12h14----------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|12-x--x------------------------12-x--x-------------------------|

Gb|------------------12-14-12--s15-14-12h14p12-----------|
Db|----14-14--12h14x---x--x--x----------------14-12------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|12-x--x-----------------------------------------------|