# Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers: piano chords

Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers uses 7 chords in E minor; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Em G A
- Verse 1: Em G A Em G A F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B Em G A Em G A
- Verse 2: Em G A Em G A F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B Em G A Em G A
- Chorus 1: Em Em7 A Em Em7 A Em Em7 F#m B7 Em G A
- Verse 3: Em G A Em G A F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B Em G A Em G A
- Verse 4: Em G A Em G A F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B Em G A Em G A
- Chorus 2: Em Em7 A Em Em7 A Em Em7 F#m B7 Em
- Outro 1: G A Em G A Em G A Em G A Em G A Em G A Em G A Em G A

## Questions

### Which chords does Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers use?

Different chords: 7. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers in?

The chords fit E minor. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Higher Ground to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (7), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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