ALL_APOL.DOC

"All Apologies" by Nirvana

Bass Tab

Dropped D + 1/2 step down tuning (Db,Ab,Db,Gb)

      Rest 3 measures

G:------|-----|-----|-----------7---|-------------------|-----------------|

D:4-----|-----|-----|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|

A:4-----|-----|-----|---------------|-5-----5---5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-----5---|

D:------|-----|-----|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|

                        Verses

                        _______________________________  

                       /Rhythm Fig. 1                  \

                        D                           D7

G:---------|---------||-----------------|-----------7---||

D:---o-/---|---o-/---||-----------------|---------------||

A:----/-o--|----/-o--||-5-----5---------|-5-----5-------||

D:---------|---------||-----------------|---------------||

                        What else...

Play Rhythm Fig 1 a total of 8 times for the whole verse.

   Chorus

G:-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|

D:-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|

A:-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|

D:-5p(3)-5---5-3---3-|-5p(3)-5-5-5-2-3-3-|-5---5-5---3-5-5-|

             In the sun...

G:-----------------|----------------|-------------------|

D:-----------------|----------------|-------------------|

A:-----------------|----------------|-------------------|

D:-5-3-5-3-5-2-3---|5---5---5-2-3-3-|-5-3-5-3-5p(2)-3-5-|

G:---________________---------------|--_________________----------------||

D:--/--------------|-\--------------|-/---------------|-\---------------||

A:-0---------------|(0)-------------|-0---------------|(0)--------------||

D:-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

Easy so far!  Now just repeat back to the verses for verse 2 (Rhythm Fig 1 eight times).  Then play the chorus.  Finally, play the outro:

                                        _________________________________

  Outro                                / Rhythm Fig.2                    \

G:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A:-5-5---5---5-7---|-5------5---5-7---|-5-5---5---5-7---|-5-5---5----5-7--|

D:---------------7-|----------------7-|---------------7-|----------------7|

   All in all...

    Play Rhythm Fig 2 eight more times

G:-------------------------------------||

D:-------------------------------------||

A:-------------------------------------||

D:-------------------------------------||

                                          _______________

                                         / Rhythm Fig 3  \

G:||------------------|------------------||-----------------|

D:||o---________________----------------o||-----------------|

A:||o--/--------------|-\---------------o||-5-5---5---5---5-|

D:||--0---------------|(0)---------------||-----------------|

   Play Rhytm Fig 3 17 more times, then fade

G:-------------------------------------------|||

D:-------------------------------------------|||

A:-------------------------------------------|||

D:-------------------------------------------|||

Done!  (Chris Novoselic is still a cool bassist.)

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marino@uhunix4.uhcc.hawaii.edu

"Take time for a wounded hand, cause it likes to heal, I like to steal

I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray)

I'm half the man I used to be, half the man I used to be"  -- STP

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