All Apologies

Words & Music:

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

 

This is fully transcribed in two separate issues of Guitar World.  The guitar in is drop D tuning (D A D G B E)

 

Main Riff:

G5 = 5 5 5 x x x        D5 = 0 0 0 x x x        A5 = 7 7 7 x x x  or:  x 0 2 2 x x

 (D)

E----------------------|----------------------|-

B----------------------|----------------------|-

G----------------------|----------------------|-

D----------------------|----------12-12-9-10--|-

A---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|-

D-0--------------------|-0--------------------|-

 

E----------------------|----------------------|-

B----------------------|----------------------|-

G----------------------|----------11-11-9-----|-

D----------------------|------------------12--|-

A---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|-

D-0--------------------|-0--------------------|-

 

Chorus

  G5    D5 G5    D5 G5    D5 G5    D5 A5 D5 A5

E---------------------------------------------|-

B---------------------------------------------|-

G---------------------------------------------|-

D-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|-

A-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|-

D-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|-

 

What else should I be?  All apologies.

What else should I say?  Everyone is gay.

What else could I write?  I don't have the right.

What else should I be?  All apologies.

 

CHORUS:

C/G G    C/G       G     C/G    G       C/G

In the sun---.  In the sun I feel as one.

   G     C/G       G     C/G  G     A5

In the sun---.  In the sun----, I'm married, buried.

 

I wish I was like you.  Easily amused.

Find my nest of salt.  Everything is my fault.

I'll take all the blame.  Aqua sea foam shame.

Sunburn with freezeburn.  Choking on the ashes of her enemy.

 

CHORUS:

    A5

I'm married, married, buried, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

OUTRO:

[n.c.](D)

All alone is we all are. [13x]

 





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