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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
               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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