This House Is A Circus chords by
Arctic Monkeys (Official Version)

2007Rock452 views

Key: B minorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Bm

Cm

Bm

Cm

Bm

Cm

Bm

Cm

Bm

Verse 1
Bm Bm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Bm Bm 
 
This house is a   circus, berserk as  fuck
Cm Cm 
 
Bm Bm 
 
We tend to see that as a perk, though look
Cm Cm 
 
What it's done to your friends
Bm Bm 
 
Their memories are pre tend
Cm Cm 
 
And the last thing that they want
Bm Bm 
 
is for the feeling to  end
Cm Cm 
 
Bm Bm 
 
This house is a   circus, berserk as  fuck
Cm Cm 
 
Bm Bm 
 
We tend to see that as a perk, though look
Cm Cm 
 
What it's done to your friends
Bm Bm 
 
Their memories are pre tend
Cm Cm 
 
And the last thing that they want
Bm Bm 
 
is for the feeling to  end

Verse 2
Bm Bm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
There's a room full of  trouble
Bm Bm 
 
and there's lovers to be  had
Cm Cm 
 
Those ones who make sinners
Bm Bm 
 
out of such lo- vely  lads
Cm Cm 
 
Scaling the corridors
Bm Bm 
 
for maidens in the maze
Cm Cm 
 
And any anomaly is slipping
Bm Bm 
 
to familiar  ways

Chorus 1
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
And we're forever un  fulfilled
B5 B5 
 
and can't think why
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
Like a search for mur der clues
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
in dead men's eyes
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
Forever un  fulfilled
B5 B5 
 
and can't think why
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
Like a search for mur der clues

Interlude 1
in dead men's
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
(eyes)
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
E5 E5 
 
D5 D5 
 
F#5 F#5 
 
D5 D5 
 
C#5 C#5

Verse 3
B5 B5 
 
The more you open your mouth,
E5 E5 
 
the more you're forcing performance
D5 D5 
 
F#5 F#5 
 
D5 D5 
 
C#5 C#5 
 
B5 B5 
 
And all the attention is leading
E5 E5 
 
me to feel important
D5 D5 
 
F#5 F#5 
 
D5 D5 
 
C#5 C#5 
 
(...obnoxious, gim   me obnoxious..)
B5 B5 
 
Now that we're here,
E5 E5 
 
we may as well go too far
D5 D5 
 
F#5 F#5 
 
D5 D5 
 
C#5 C#5 
 

Interlude 2

Bm

Cm

Bm

Cm

Bm

Cm

Bm

Cm

Bm

Verse 4
Bm Bm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Wriggling around in incidents
you won't forget
Bm Bm 
 
There's certainly some venom
Cm Cm 
 
in the looks that you collect
Bm Bm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Aimlessly gazing at the faces in the queue
Bm Bm 
 
And we're struggling with the notion
Cm Cm 
 
that it's life, not film

Verse 5
Bm Bm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck
Bm Bm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
We tend to see that as a perk, though look
Bm Bm 
 
What it's done to your friends
Cm Cm 
 
Their memories are pretend
Bm Bm 
 
And the last thing that they want
Cm Cm 
 
is for the feeling to end

Outro 1
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
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C5 C5 
 
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C5 C5 
 
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C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5 
 
C5 C5 
 
B5 B5

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsBm Cm B5 C5 E5...

Chords

Bm
Cm
B5
C5
E5
D5
F#5
C#5

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x
Cm: x-3-5-5-4-x
B5: x-2-4-x-x-x
C5: x-3-5-x-x-x
E5: 0-2-x-x-x-x
D5: x-5-7-x-x-x
F#5: 2-4-x-x-x-x
C#5: x-4-6-x-x-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Most chord-change problems come from the strumming hand, not the fretting hand. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and timing that make any chord progression easier to play. Practice basic strumming

This is the definitive original version of This House Is A Circus by Arctic Monkeys, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of B minor. It suits players who want to learn This House Is A Circus the way Arctic Monkeys intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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