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ALL APOLOGIES
As recorded by Nirvana
(From the 1993 Album IN UTERO)
Words and Music by Kurt Cobain
C/G G G5
5 7 5 5 x x 5 5 5 4 x x 5 5 5 x x x
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12-12-10-9-|
|-9-9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|-----10-9---------------|
|-0----------------------|-0-0----0---------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------11-11-9-----|
|------------------------|--------------0-0-12--|
|---9-10---10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-------------|
|-0------0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12-12-10-9-|
|---9-10---10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-----------0---|
|-0------0---------------|-0------0---------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|----------11-11-9----||
|------------------------|------------------12-||
|---9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9------------||
|-0------0---------------|-0------0------------||
Verse
E E E E S S E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12--12--10-9-|
|---9-10---10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-----------------|
|-0------0---------------|-0------0-----------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12-12-10-9---|
|---9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-----------------|
|-0-0----0-----0---------|-0-0----0-----------0-----|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------10s12-12-10-9-|
|---9-10-9-10s12--12-10-9-|-----9-10-9--------0------|
|-0------0----------------|--0-------0---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| --------|
|-------------------------|------------10s12--12--10-9---|
|-9-9-10---10s12--12-10-9-|-----9-10-9-------------0-----|
|-0------0-----0----------|--0--0----0-------------------|
|
| --------|
|------------------------|----------10s12--12--10-9---|
|-----10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|-----10-9-------------------|
|-0-0----0---------------|-0-0----0-------------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------10s12-12-10-9-|
|-9-9-10---10s12--12-10-9-|-----9-10-----------------|
|-0------0-----0----------|--0-------0---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ------|----------------5-5-----||
|----9-10---10s12---12--10-9-|-----9-10-------5-5-----||
|--0------0-----0------------|--0-------0-0-0-5-5p0---||
|
| Q E E +Q E E +E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------||
|-/4-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------7-5----(5)-------3---|------------------------||
|--------------------------7-|-(7)-7--7-5---4-2-0-----||
Bridge
G5
Gtr IV
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E E S S Q Q E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5p0-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-|
E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E S S E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5---|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5---|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5-0-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-|
A5
W +W W +Q. E +Q Q
|----------|------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------2---|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|------------|---------2-(2)------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-[0]--------|-([0])--------------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------------------|
W +Q. E +E Q E W +H E. S E E
|----------|------------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|-------2-(2)------|----------|------------------||
|-2--------|-(2)---------2--2-|----------|--------2--2------||
|-2--------|-(2)---------2--2-|----------|--------2--2------||
|-0--------|-(0)---------0--0-|-0--------|-(0)-----------9--||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------------0--||
Chorus
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12--12--10-9-|
|-9-9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-----------------|
|--------0---------------|-0------0-----------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|----------11-11-9----|
|------------------------|------------------12-|
|---9-10---10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10--------------|
|-0------0---------------|-0------0------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12-12-10-9-|
|-9-9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|-----10-9---------------|
|-0------0---------------|-0-0----0---------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|----------11-11-9----|
|----------------------|------------------12-|
|---9-10---10s12--12--10-9-|---9-10-9------------|
|-0------0-----------------|-0------0------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12-12-10-9-|
|-9-9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9---------------|
|-0------------0---------|-0----------------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|----------11-11-9----|
|------------------------|------------------12-|
|---9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10--------------|
|-0------0-----0---------|-0------0------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------10s12--12--10-9-|
|-9-9-10---10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-------------0-0-|
|-0------0-----0---------|-0------0-----------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---9-10---10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-10s12--12--10-9---|
|-0------0-----0---------|-0------0-----0-------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---9-10---10s12-12-10-9-|-----10---10s12-12-10-9-|
|-0------0-------------0-|-0-0----0-----0---------|
E E E E Q. E Q. E +H
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|-----9----------|---------------|
|-0-0---0-0----0-|-0----0-(0)----|
+W +W W +W
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
+W +W +W +H. Q
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------0---|
+E E Q +E E Q +Q Q +H
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-(0)-0-(0)--(0)-(0)-(0)--|-(0)--(0)--(0)----|
+E E Q +E E Q +H. Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-(0)-(0)-(0)--(0)-(0)-0--|-(0)---------|
+Q Q +Q Q +Q Q Q E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-()----()----|-()-------0-|
+E. S E E Q Q +Q Q +Q Q
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------()---------|
|-------------------|----------()---------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0----|-()-------------------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Wx4
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
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
Kurt Cobain 1967-1994
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