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"All Apologies" by Nirvana

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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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