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--|| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- 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 ----------- | - 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