Higher Ground Chords by Stevie Wonder

Tempo:
124.8 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Ebm

Gb

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Higher Ground chords
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[Eb] [Gb] [Ab] [Eb] [Abm]
[Eb] [Gb] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Eb]
[Abm]
[Ebm] [Eb] People keep on learning, soldiers keep on [Gb] warring, [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb] [G]
[Ab] keep on turning,
[Db] nothing's [Eb] gonna be too [Ebm] long.
[Eb] [Gb] [Eb]
Powers keep on dying, while your [Gb] people [Eb] keep on dying,
[Gb] [Eb]
[F] world [Abm] [Bb] [Eb] [Gm] keep [Db] on [Ab] turning, [Db] [Eb] nothing's gonna be too [Gb] long.
[Eb] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Ebm] [Eb]
[Ab] So [Eb] don't let it let me try it again, [Ab] cause when I stand on earth [Eb] I left a hole of sin,
[Ab] I'm so glad [Eb] that I know my man, I know that [F] he's gonna [Cm] keep on trying [Bbm] until I reach the [Eb] highest ground.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ebm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Gb] [Eb] Teachers keep on teaching, [Ebm] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ebm] preachers keep on preaching,
[F] world [Ab] [Bb] [F] [G] keep [Ab] on turning, [Db] nothing's gonna [Eb] be too [Ebm] long.
[Eb]
[Gb] [Eb]
[Ebm] Lovers keep on laughing, [Eb]
believers keep on believing, [Gb] [Ab] [Eb] [Fm]
sleepers [Eb] [G] just [Ab] stop sleeping, [Db] nothing's [Eb] gonna be too [Ebm] long.
[Eb] [Db] [Eb]
[Gb] [Eb] [Ab]
I'm so glad that [Ebm] he let me try it again, [Ab] cause when I stand on earth [Ebm] I left [Eb] a hole of sin,
[Ab] I'm so glad that [Eb] I know my man, I know that [F] he's gonna keep [Ebm] on trying until I [Eb] reach the highest [Gb] ground.
[Eb]
[Ebm] Until I reach the highest ground, no [Eb] [Db] one's gonna [Eb] bring me down, [Ebm] [Bb] [Eb]
until I reach the highest ground.
So let's not let anything get lost.
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
Gb
134211112
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
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To start learning Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Db, Eb, Gb, Eb, Ebm, Eb and Db. Ease into the song by practicing at 62 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 125 BPM. With an eye on the song's key Eb Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] People _ _ keep on learning, _ _ _ _ _ _ soldiers _ keep _ _ on [Gb] warring, _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G]
[Ab] keep on turning,
_ [Db] _ _ nothing's [Eb] gonna be too [Ebm] long. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ Powers _ _ keep _ on dying, _ _ _ _ while your [Gb] people _ [Eb] _ keep _ on dying,
[Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ world [Abm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Gm] keep [Db] on [Ab] turning, _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] nothing's gonna be too [Gb] long.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ So [Eb] don't let it let me try it again, [Ab] cause when I stand on earth [Eb] I left a hole of sin,
[Ab] I'm so glad [Eb] that I know my man, I know that [F] he's gonna [Cm] keep on trying [Bbm] until I reach the [Eb] highest ground.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] Teachers _ keep on teaching, [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ preachers _ _ keep on preaching, _ _ _ _ _
[F] world [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [G] keep [Ab] on turning, _ [Db] _ nothing's gonna [Eb] be too [Ebm] long.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] Lovers _ keep _ on laughing, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
believers _ _ keep on believing, [Gb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ sleepers [Eb] _ _ [G] just [Ab] stop sleeping, _ [Db] _ _ nothing's [Eb] gonna be too [Ebm] long.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab]
I'm so glad that [Ebm] he let me try it again, [Ab] cause when I stand on earth [Ebm] I left [Eb] a hole of sin,
[Ab] I'm so glad that [Eb] I know my man, I know that [F] he's gonna keep [Ebm] on trying until I [Eb] reach the highest [Gb] ground.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ Until I reach the highest ground, _ _ _ _ _ _ no _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] one's gonna [Eb] bring me down, [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ until I reach the highest ground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So let's not let anything get lost.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of The Definitive Collection album.

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