Chords for Green River footage from I'm Now
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The first time I met Mark Arm, I saw Green River.
And it was a pretty awesome show.
It was at the Central.
And I remember walking up to him and saying,
[Em]
man, that was a great show, dude.
I got some pot.
You want to go smoke some?
[E]
[C] At the time, the Green River Killer was in all the headlines.
I think it was just trying to be as provocative as we could be.
And in retrospect, it's regrettable.
[N] It's what you do when you're 20 years old and obnoxious.
I remember the first time I saw them, I was like, holy cow.
What is Mark doing?
He really was able to sort of express
himself and let out his angst.
I mean, they went from being folks
that I'd seen around town and who [Cm] I'd do shifts with
to being like rock heroes.
There was a lot of stuff that went into what
made Green River who they were.
Some of the [C]
components were this kind of glammy metal.
You know, he definitely took that stage persona
through into Mudhoney, sort of minus the sequined pants.
I do remember going to check out the early Green River shows
and being really kind of blown away by them.
Steve Turner was in Green River at the time.
We didn't really know Jeff Heyman that well.
But we'd seen him play with Deranged Diction.
We thought were cool.
And he jumped really high and played through distortion.
Seemed very important to us at the time.
So Steve kind of went on this campaign
to get to know Jeff by getting a job at the same espresso place
that he worked at.
I could tell that Mark and Steve were [E]
into music
and into kind of making something happen.
So I went to a couple of practices.
That's how Green River started.
[A] [C] [D]
[E] [C#] The Rehab Doll album by Green River
was the first record that Jonathan and I put out
on Sub Pop in spring of 88.
We emptied our coffers of about, I think, $5,000,
[E] which was like a [D#] massive portion for us [A] at the time.
[F#] Now I will be mine.
[F#] Let's just swallow my pride.
And unfortunately, as soon as the band handed us
the master [G] tape, they told us they were breaking up.
So that was kind of [Em] our grand opening release.
And we realized we were probably going to go out
of business within a month.
We're down in LA opening up for Jane's Addiction and Junkyard.
I remember Stone and I were up on the side of the stage
watching Jane's Addiction just going like, oh my god,
this is like [E] incredible.
And I remember Mark and Bruce coming up at different times
saying how lame they thought it was.
And I remember thinking, wow.
I think [F] any hope that I had that I thought that Green River could
be [C] as good as Jane's Addiction [F#] because Mark didn't like [D] Jane's
Addiction, for me, that felt like there was [E] a big chasm
there.
I remember just being kind of bummed.
Whether people say Jane's Addiction split them up,
it was just the moment in time where
it sort of became more evident.
And then when they split into Mother Love Phone and Mudhoney,
there was no doubt that we were going to work with Mudhoney.
The separation that sort of launched Mudhoney,
which is fantastic from a marketing point of view,
it's like the two sellouts went one direction
and the purists went the other.
And we've got the purists.
And they had a fantastic band.
Mudhoney was fantastic.
We saluted them as soon as we saw them.
We were like, wow, that's so much better
than Green River was.
[N]
And it was a pretty awesome show.
It was at the Central.
And I remember walking up to him and saying,
[Em]
man, that was a great show, dude.
I got some pot.
You want to go smoke some?
[E]
[C] At the time, the Green River Killer was in all the headlines.
I think it was just trying to be as provocative as we could be.
And in retrospect, it's regrettable.
[N] It's what you do when you're 20 years old and obnoxious.
I remember the first time I saw them, I was like, holy cow.
What is Mark doing?
He really was able to sort of express
himself and let out his angst.
I mean, they went from being folks
that I'd seen around town and who [Cm] I'd do shifts with
to being like rock heroes.
There was a lot of stuff that went into what
made Green River who they were.
Some of the [C]
components were this kind of glammy metal.
You know, he definitely took that stage persona
through into Mudhoney, sort of minus the sequined pants.
I do remember going to check out the early Green River shows
and being really kind of blown away by them.
Steve Turner was in Green River at the time.
We didn't really know Jeff Heyman that well.
But we'd seen him play with Deranged Diction.
We thought were cool.
And he jumped really high and played through distortion.
Seemed very important to us at the time.
So Steve kind of went on this campaign
to get to know Jeff by getting a job at the same espresso place
that he worked at.
I could tell that Mark and Steve were [E]
into music
and into kind of making something happen.
So I went to a couple of practices.
That's how Green River started.
[A] [C] [D]
[E] [C#] The Rehab Doll album by Green River
was the first record that Jonathan and I put out
on Sub Pop in spring of 88.
We emptied our coffers of about, I think, $5,000,
[E] which was like a [D#] massive portion for us [A] at the time.
[F#] Now I will be mine.
[F#] Let's just swallow my pride.
And unfortunately, as soon as the band handed us
the master [G] tape, they told us they were breaking up.
So that was kind of [Em] our grand opening release.
And we realized we were probably going to go out
of business within a month.
We're down in LA opening up for Jane's Addiction and Junkyard.
I remember Stone and I were up on the side of the stage
watching Jane's Addiction just going like, oh my god,
this is like [E] incredible.
And I remember Mark and Bruce coming up at different times
saying how lame they thought it was.
And I remember thinking, wow.
I think [F] any hope that I had that I thought that Green River could
be [C] as good as Jane's Addiction [F#] because Mark didn't like [D] Jane's
Addiction, for me, that felt like there was [E] a big chasm
there.
I remember just being kind of bummed.
Whether people say Jane's Addiction split them up,
it was just the moment in time where
it sort of became more evident.
And then when they split into Mother Love Phone and Mudhoney,
there was no doubt that we were going to work with Mudhoney.
The separation that sort of launched Mudhoney,
which is fantastic from a marketing point of view,
it's like the two sellouts went one direction
and the purists went the other.
And we've got the purists.
And they had a fantastic band.
Mudhoney was fantastic.
We saluted them as soon as we saw them.
We were like, wow, that's so much better
than Green River was.
[N]
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_ The first time I met Mark Arm, I saw Green River.
And it was a pretty awesome show.
It was at the Central.
_ And I remember walking up to him and saying,
_ [Em]
man, that was a great show, dude.
I got some pot.
You want to go smoke some? _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ At the time, the Green River Killer was in all the headlines.
I think it was just trying to be as provocative as we could be.
And in retrospect, it's regrettable.
[N] It's what you do when you're 20 years old and obnoxious.
I remember the first time I saw them, I was like, holy cow.
What is Mark doing?
He really was able to sort of express
himself and let out his angst.
I mean, they went from being folks
that I'd seen around town and who [Cm] I'd do shifts with
to being like rock heroes.
There was a lot of stuff that went into what
made Green River who they were.
Some of the [C] _
components were this kind of glammy metal.
You know, he definitely took that stage persona
through into Mudhoney, sort of minus the sequined pants.
_ _ I do remember going to check out the early Green River shows
and being really kind of blown away by them.
Steve Turner was in Green River at the time.
We didn't really know Jeff Heyman that well.
But we'd seen him play with Deranged Diction.
We thought were cool.
And he jumped really high and played through distortion.
Seemed very important to us at the time.
So Steve kind of went on this campaign
to get to know Jeff by getting a job at the same espresso place
that he worked at.
I could tell that Mark and Steve were _ _ [E]
into music
and into kind of making something happen.
So I went to a couple of practices.
That's how Green River started.
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C#] The Rehab Doll album by Green River
was the first record that Jonathan and I put out
on Sub Pop in spring of 88.
We emptied our coffers of about, I think, $5,000,
[E] _ which was like a [D#] massive portion for us [A] at the time.
_ [F#] Now I will be mine. _
_ [F#] Let's just swallow my pride. _
And unfortunately, as soon as the band handed us
the master [G] tape, they told us they were breaking up.
So that was kind of [Em] our _ grand opening release.
And we realized we were probably going to go out
of business within a month.
We're down in LA opening up for Jane's Addiction and Junkyard.
I remember Stone and I were up on the side of the stage
watching Jane's Addiction just going like, oh my god,
this is like [E] incredible.
And I remember Mark and Bruce coming up at different times
saying how lame they thought it was.
And I remember thinking, wow.
I think [F] any hope that I had that I thought that Green River could
be [C] as good as Jane's Addiction _ [F#] because Mark didn't like [D] Jane's
Addiction, for me, that felt like there was [E] a big chasm
_ there.
I remember just being kind of bummed.
Whether people say Jane's Addiction split them up,
it _ was just the moment in time where
it sort of became more evident.
And then when they split into Mother Love Phone and Mudhoney, _
there was no doubt that we were going to work with Mudhoney.
The separation that sort of launched Mudhoney,
which is fantastic from a marketing point of view,
it's like the two sellouts went one direction
and the purists _ went the other.
And we've got the purists.
And they had a fantastic band.
Mudhoney was fantastic.
We saluted them as soon as we saw them.
We were like, wow, that's so much better
than Green River was. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
And it was a pretty awesome show.
It was at the Central.
_ And I remember walking up to him and saying,
_ [Em]
man, that was a great show, dude.
I got some pot.
You want to go smoke some? _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ At the time, the Green River Killer was in all the headlines.
I think it was just trying to be as provocative as we could be.
And in retrospect, it's regrettable.
[N] It's what you do when you're 20 years old and obnoxious.
I remember the first time I saw them, I was like, holy cow.
What is Mark doing?
He really was able to sort of express
himself and let out his angst.
I mean, they went from being folks
that I'd seen around town and who [Cm] I'd do shifts with
to being like rock heroes.
There was a lot of stuff that went into what
made Green River who they were.
Some of the [C] _
components were this kind of glammy metal.
You know, he definitely took that stage persona
through into Mudhoney, sort of minus the sequined pants.
_ _ I do remember going to check out the early Green River shows
and being really kind of blown away by them.
Steve Turner was in Green River at the time.
We didn't really know Jeff Heyman that well.
But we'd seen him play with Deranged Diction.
We thought were cool.
And he jumped really high and played through distortion.
Seemed very important to us at the time.
So Steve kind of went on this campaign
to get to know Jeff by getting a job at the same espresso place
that he worked at.
I could tell that Mark and Steve were _ _ [E]
into music
and into kind of making something happen.
So I went to a couple of practices.
That's how Green River started.
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C#] The Rehab Doll album by Green River
was the first record that Jonathan and I put out
on Sub Pop in spring of 88.
We emptied our coffers of about, I think, $5,000,
[E] _ which was like a [D#] massive portion for us [A] at the time.
_ [F#] Now I will be mine. _
_ [F#] Let's just swallow my pride. _
And unfortunately, as soon as the band handed us
the master [G] tape, they told us they were breaking up.
So that was kind of [Em] our _ grand opening release.
And we realized we were probably going to go out
of business within a month.
We're down in LA opening up for Jane's Addiction and Junkyard.
I remember Stone and I were up on the side of the stage
watching Jane's Addiction just going like, oh my god,
this is like [E] incredible.
And I remember Mark and Bruce coming up at different times
saying how lame they thought it was.
And I remember thinking, wow.
I think [F] any hope that I had that I thought that Green River could
be [C] as good as Jane's Addiction _ [F#] because Mark didn't like [D] Jane's
Addiction, for me, that felt like there was [E] a big chasm
_ there.
I remember just being kind of bummed.
Whether people say Jane's Addiction split them up,
it _ was just the moment in time where
it sort of became more evident.
And then when they split into Mother Love Phone and Mudhoney, _
there was no doubt that we were going to work with Mudhoney.
The separation that sort of launched Mudhoney,
which is fantastic from a marketing point of view,
it's like the two sellouts went one direction
and the purists _ went the other.
And we've got the purists.
And they had a fantastic band.
Mudhoney was fantastic.
We saluted them as soon as we saw them.
We were like, wow, that's so much better
than Green River was. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _