I Want To Take You Higher Chords
I Want To Take You Higher by Sly & The Family Stone is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro & Interlude
Q=108
4/4 3/4
Gtr I
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a E Q E +Q. E E Q E +Q Q E Q E +Q
G|------------------|------------------|-------------||
D|-5h7-5------------|------------------|-------------||
A|--------7-(7)-----|-5b7-5--3-(3)-----|-3-----------||
E|------------------|------------------|---3--5-(5)--||
1st - 3rd Verses
4/4
a E S S e E e E e S S e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E
G||------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
D||o-5h7---------------5h7-|-------------------|-----------5h7--------|
A||o-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
E||--------0-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5--|
e E e E e E e S S e E e E e E e E e E e E s s E E E
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|
Chorus
e E e E e S S S S E e E e E s s E E E e E e E e E e E
G|---------------------|-------------------||-----------------|
D|-----------5h7-------|-------------------||-----------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------||-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E e E e E s s E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|
e E e E e E e E e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E
G|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|
A|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|
Interlude
To coda ~~~~~~
e E e E e E e S S W a E Q E +Q. E
G|-------------------|----------||------------------|
D|-------------------|----------||-5h7-5------------|
A|-------------------|----------||--------7-(7)-----|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-|----------||------------------|
Harmonica Solo
1. 2.
3/4 3/4 4/4
E Q E +Q Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q a E S S e E e E e S S
G|------------------|--------------||-------------||-------------------------|
D|------------------|-------------o||-------------||o-5h7---------------5h7--|
A|-5b7-5--3-(3)-----|-3-----------o||-3-----------||o------------------------|
E|------------------|---3--5-(5)---||---3--5-(5)--||--------0-5-5-5-5-5------|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E e E e E e E e S S
G|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|-------------------o||
A|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------o||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5--||
Chorus
e E e E e E e S S e E e E e E e E
G|-------------------||-----------------|
D|-------------------||-----------------|
A|-------------------||-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e E e E
G|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Da capo al coda
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|
Coda
Outro
e E e E e E e S S e E e E e E e E
G|--------------------||------------------|
D|--------------------||o-----------------|
A|--------------------||o-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5--||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E
G|-------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------5h7--------|
A|-------------------|----------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5--|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e E e E
G|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|
e E e E e E e S S e E e E e S S S S E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5-|
e E e E e E e S S e E e E e E e E
G|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e E e E s s E E E e E e E e S S S S E 4x
G|-------------------|----------------------||
D|-------------------|-----------5h7-------o||
A|-------------------|---------------------o||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-----x-5-5--||