All Apologies Nirvana
"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
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/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:
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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:-------------------------------------||
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/ 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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