From: "Marino M. Regalado" <MARINO@colossus.ics.hawaii.edu>
"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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