Higher Ground Stevie Wonder

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder

Ricky

688
0:00 3:25
Tuning Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Beat 4/4
Key: Eb
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 1]
Eb    Gb Ab Eb        Eb      Gb Ab
People        keep on learnin'
Eb Eb      Gb Ab Eb        Eb     Gb Ab
   Soldiers        keep on warrin'
Eb F    Ab Bb F G       Ab7
   World        keep on turnin'
Db9                      Eb  Gb Ab
   Cause it won't be too long

[Pre-Verse]
          | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 2]
Eb    Gb Ab Eb        Eb   Gb Ab
Powers        keep on lyin'
Eb           Eb    Gb Ab Eb        Eb   Gb Ab
  While your people        keep on dyin'
Eb F    Ab Bb F G       Ab7
   World        keep on turnin'
Db9                      Eb  Gb Ab
   Cause it won't be too long

[Chorus]
Eb Eb Gb Ab
Eb    Ab7                    Eb
  I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
         Ab7                          Eb
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
    Ab7                           Eb
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
      F
Gonna keep on tryin'
    Gb/Bb                   Eb    Gb Ab
Till     I reach my highest ground

[Pre-Verse]
          | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 3]
Eb      Gb Ab Eb        Eb      Gb Ab
Teachers        keep on teachin'
Eb Eb       Gb Ab Eb        Eb       Gb Ab
   Preachers        keep on preachin'
Eb F    Ab Bb F G       Ab7
   World        keep on turnin'
Db9                      Eb  Gb Ab
   Cause it won't be too long

[Pre-Verse]
          | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 4]
Eb    Gb Ab Eb        Eb    Gb Ab
Lovers        keep on lovin'
Eb Eb       Gb Ab Eb        Eb       Gb Ab
   Believers        keep on believin'
Eb F       Ab Bb F G         Ab7
   Sleepers        just stop sleepin'
Db9                      Eb  Gb Ab
   Cause it won't be too long

[Chorus]
Eb Eb Gb Ab
Eb    Ab7                    Eb
  I'm so glad that he let me try it again
         Ab7                          Eb
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
    Ab7                           Eb
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
      F
Gonna keep on tryin'
    Gb/Bb                   Eb    Gb Ab
Till     I reach my highest ground

[Outro (Fade Out)]
Eb Eb Gb
Ab    Eb
  Till  I reach my highest ground
Eb Gb Ab Eb Eb Gb Ab
No
Eb                     Eb  Gb Ab
  one's gonna bring me down
Eb Eb Gb
Ab    Eb                   Eb    Gb Ab
  Till  I reach my highest ground
Eb Eb Gb Ab Eb

Bars

[Intro]
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 1]
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| F  - Ab Bb | F  - G - | Ab7 - -  -  | Db9 - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab |

People        keep on learnin'
Soldiers        keep on warrin'
World        keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long

[Pre-Verse]
          | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 2]
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| F  - Ab Bb | F  - G - | Ab7 - -  -  | Db9 - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab |

Powers        keep on lyin'
While your people        keep on dyin'
World        keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long

[Chorus]
              | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb    - - - |
| Ab7 - -  -  | Eb - - - | Ab7 - -  -  | Eb    - - - |
| Ab7 - -  -  | Eb - - - | F   - -  -  | Gb/Bb - - - |
| Eb  - Gb Ab |

I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin'
Till     I reach my highest ground

[Pre-Verse]
          | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 3]
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| F  - Ab Bb | F  - G - | Ab7 - -  -  | Db9 - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab |

Teachers        keep on teachin'
Preachers        keep on preachin'
World        keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long

[Pre-Verse]
          | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

[Verse 4]
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb  - - - |
| F  - Ab Bb | F  - G - | Ab7 - -  -  | Db9 - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab |

Lovers        keep on lovin'
Believers        keep on believin'
Sleepers        just stop sleepin'
Cause it won't be too long

[Chorus]
              | Eb - - - | Eb  - Gb Ab | Eb    - - - |
| Ab7 - -  -  | Eb - - - | Ab7 - -  -  | Eb    - - - |
| Ab7 - -  -  | Eb - - - | F   - -  -  | Gb/Bb - - - |
| Eb  - Gb Ab |

I'm so glad that he let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin'
Till     I reach my highest ground

[Outro (Fade Out)]
             | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |
| Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - | Eb - Gb Ab | Eb - - - |

Till  I reach my highest ground
No
one's gonna bring me down
Till  I reach my highest ground

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