ALL APOLOGIES (Bassline)
As recorded by Nirvana
(From the 1993 Album IN UTERO )
Words and Music by Kurt Cobain
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Q=122
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q H E Q E +Q Q Q. E +H
|------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0----------|-0-0--0-(0)-----|-0----0-(0)----|
|------------|----------------|---------------|
|------------|----------------|---------------|
E Q E E E q E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E
|----------7-7--||------7-7-----7---|-----7-7-----7----||
|-0-0--0-0------||o-0-0-----0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0---0-o||
|---------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|---------------||------------------|------------------||
Verse
E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E
||------7-7-----7---|-----7-7-----7---|-----7-7-----7---|
||o-0-0-----0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0---0-|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
E E E E E E e E 4x Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----7-7-----7----||----------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-----0-0---0-o||----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------|---------------------|
|------------------||-5--5-5-5-0-3-5-|-(5)-3-5-3-(3)-0-3-4-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-3-0-3-5-|-(5)-3-5-3-(3)-0-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-3-0-3-5-|
+E E E E +E E E E W +W
|---------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|-(5)-3-5-3-(3)-0-3-5-|----------|--------|
Verse
W +W E E E E E E e E
|----------|------------||------7-7-----7---|
|----------|------------||o-0-0-----0-0---0-|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||o-----------------|
|----------|------------||------------------|
E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E 4x
|-----7-7-----7---|-----7-7-----7---|-----7-7-----7----||
|-0-0-----0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0---0-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Bridge
Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-0-3-5-|-(5)-3-5-3-(3)-0-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-3-0-3-5-|
+E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-(5)-3-5-3-(3)-0-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-3-0-3-5-|-(5)-3-5-3-(3)-0-3-5-|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
Chorus
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E a Q E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---4---0-(0)-------|---4---0-(0)-------|---4---0-(0)---------|
|-5---5-------5-5-0-|-5---5-------5-5-0-|-5---5-------5s7--0--|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E a Q E E E E E +E a Q E E E E E +E a Q E 9x
|--------------------||---------------------|---------------------||
|---4---0-(0)--------||o---4---0-(0)--------|---4---0-(0)--------o||
|-5---5-------5s7--0-||o-5---5-------5s7--0-|-5---5-------5s7--0-o||
|--------------------||---------------------|---------------------||
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 10x
||-------------------||-||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----5-5-----5---o||-||o-----5-5-----5---|-----5-5-----5---o||
||--0-0-----0-0---0--||-||--0-0-----0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0---0--||
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
