Biography:
The Seldom Scene is an American bluegrass band formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland out of the weekly jam sessions in the basement of banjo player Ben Eldridge. These sessions included John Starling on guitar and lead vocals, Mike Auldridge on resophonic guitar and baritone vocals, and Tom Gray on bass. Then came mandolinist John Duffey, who had quit the Country Gentlemen two years before due to disillusionment with the music business. Duffey was invited to the jam sessions
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This is the song "Through the Bottom of the Glass" by The Seldom Scene. This song is played with
a capo on the second fret, and the chords shown refer to the chord shapes. It is in the key of
E and the time signature is 3/4.
Intro: D B7 E7 A7 D
Verse:
D A7 D
She’s off misbehaving with him not with me
E7 A7
A pessimistic tomorrow is all that I see
D D7 G
I can live with my version of the world going past
D B7 E7
Well the hard times we’ve had don’t look so bad
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
Chorus:
G D
So turn up the jukebox dim down the lights
E7 A7
I don’t need no vision twenty twenty tonight
D D7 G
So I won’t see her even if they walk past
D
Through the jokes and the tears
B7 E7
Through the smoke and the beers
A7 D G
Through the bottom of the glass
Intro: D B7 E7 A7 D
Verse:
D A7 D
Well the grapevine done told me what they see and hear
E7 A7
They must like to watch me get tears in my beer
D D7 G
I've found a new someone you may say she’s trash
D B7 E7
Well she ain't much to see but she looks good to me
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
Chorus:
G D
So turn up the jukebox dim down the lights
E7 A7
I don’t need no vision twenty twenty tonight
D D7 G
So I won’t see her even if they walk past
D
Through the jokes and the tears
B7 E7
Through the smoke and the beers
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
Outro:
G D
Through the jokes and the tears
B7 E7
Through the smoke and the beers
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
D B7 E7 A7 D
a capo on the second fret, and the chords shown refer to the chord shapes. It is in the key of
E and the time signature is 3/4.
Intro: D B7 E7 A7 D
Verse:
D A7 D
She’s off misbehaving with him not with me
E7 A7
A pessimistic tomorrow is all that I see
D D7 G
I can live with my version of the world going past
D B7 E7
Well the hard times we’ve had don’t look so bad
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
Chorus:
G D
So turn up the jukebox dim down the lights
E7 A7
I don’t need no vision twenty twenty tonight
D D7 G
So I won’t see her even if they walk past
D
Through the jokes and the tears
B7 E7
Through the smoke and the beers
A7 D G
Through the bottom of the glass
Intro: D B7 E7 A7 D
Verse:
D A7 D
Well the grapevine done told me what they see and hear
E7 A7
They must like to watch me get tears in my beer
D D7 G
I've found a new someone you may say she’s trash
D B7 E7
Well she ain't much to see but she looks good to me
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
Chorus:
G D
So turn up the jukebox dim down the lights
E7 A7
I don’t need no vision twenty twenty tonight
D D7 G
So I won’t see her even if they walk past
D
Through the jokes and the tears
B7 E7
Through the smoke and the beers
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
Outro:
G D
Through the jokes and the tears
B7 E7
Through the smoke and the beers
A7 D
Through the bottom of the glass
D B7 E7 A7 D
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