Like many Nirvana songs , " In Bloom " shift back and forth between quiet verses and loud choruses . Cobain use a Mesa Boogie guitar amplifier for the verses , and during the chorus he switch to a Fender Bassman amp ( suggested by Vig ) for a heavier , double @-@ tracked fuzztone sound . The rhythm section of Novoselic and Grohl kept its parts simple ; Grohl stated it was " an unspoken rule " to avoid unnecessary drum fills , while Novoselic said he felt his role was about " serving the song " . During the choruses , vocalist Cobain and drummer Grohl harmonize while singing " He 's the one / Who like all our pretty songs / And he like to sing along / And he like to shoot his gun / But he know not what it mean " . The song 's intro reappears at the end of each chorus .