ACTIVITY
All Apologies
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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
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------<12>------|
|------------------------|----------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
| < <
| H +Q. E +W
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-----------(5)---------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------7-|-(7)----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------<12>--------|
|-------------------------|------------10s12--12--10-9---|
|-9-9-10---10s12--12-10-9-|-----9-10-9-------------0-----|
|-0------0-----0----------|--0--0----0-------------------|
|
| < <
| H +Q. E +W
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5-----------(5)-------7-|-(7)--------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
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---------------|
|
| < <
| H +Q. E +W
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-----------(5)---------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------7-|-(7)----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
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-----0----------|--0--0----0-----------------|
|
| < <
| H +Q. E +W
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-----------(5)-------7-|-(7)------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
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---------------|
Gtr IV
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------11-11-------||
|------------------------|-----------------0--------||
|---9-10-9-10s12-12-10-9-|---9-10-9-10-----0--0-----||
|-0-0----0---------------|-0-0----0-------------5---||
Bridge
C/G G C/G G G5
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x /
Gtr IV
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E S S
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----5---5-5-x-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-x-5-5-|
|-----5---5-5-x-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-x-5-5-|
|-5---5---5-5-x-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-x-5-5-|
C/G G C/G G G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x / / / x / x / x / x / x / x /
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5---5---5-5-x-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-------|
|-5---5---5-5-x-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-10---|
|-5---5---5-5-x-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-------|
C/G G C/G A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E H W
| | | | | | | | | | | |
x / / / x / x / x / / /
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-2--------|
|-5---5---5-5---5-|-(5)-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--------|
|-5---5---5-5---5-|-(5)-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|-0--------|
|-5---5---5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|----------|
D5
W W W
+W W +H. Q
|------------|----------|--------------||
|------------|----------|--------------||
|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----------||
|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----------||
|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)------0---||
|------------|----------|----------0---||
Verse
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-|---9-10-----------------|
|-0----------------------|-0------0---------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|----------11-11-9----|
|------------------------|--------------0---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-|
|---9-10---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
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------<12>--------|
|------------------------|----------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
| < <
| H +Q. E +W
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-----------(5)---------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------7-|-(7)----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------12--------|
|-------------------------|------------------12-10-9---|
|-9-9-10---10s12--12-12-9-|-------10-9-10s11-----------|
|-0------0----------------|--0--0----0-----------------|
|
| < <
| H +Q. E +W
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-----------(5)-------7-|-(7)------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
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--12-12-9-|-----9-10-9---------0------|
|-0------0----------------|--0-------0----------------|
|
| < <
| H +Q. E +H +Q. E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-----------(5)---------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------7-|-(7)-----------(7)-------7-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E a E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------4-4-----||
|------------------<12>------|----------------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
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------<12>------|
|------------------------|----------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>------|------------------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
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------<12>------|
|------------------------|----------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
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------<12>--------|
|---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)------<1>---|
+Q Q +Q Q +Q Q Q E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-(<1>)--<1>--(<1>)--<1>--|-(<1>)--<3>--<3>--<1>-0-|
+E. S E E Q Q +Q Q +Q Q
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|--------<12>--(<12>)---------|
|-------------------|--------<12>--(<12>)---------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0--<3>--|-(<3>)----------------<12>---|
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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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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