"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 _______________________________ /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.)