Arctic Monkeys - This House is a Circus: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "This House is a Circus" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn This House is a Circus Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Arctic Monkeys

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "This House is a Circus" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

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

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

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

    Bm      Cm      Bm      Cm            Bm
And we're forever unfulfilled and can't think why
Like a search for murder clues in dead man's eyes
And we're forever unfulfilled and can't think why
Like a search for murder clues in dead man's eyes

    Bm                                                   Em      D F#m D
The more you open your mouth, the more you're forcing performance
                                                Em   D F#m D
And all the attention is leading me to feel important
Bm                                         Em D F#m D
Now that we're here, we may as well go too far

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

This house is a circus, berserk as fuck (We're forever unfulfilled)
We tend to see that as a perk, though (Can't think why)
Look what it's done to your friends
Their memories are pretend (Like a search for murder clues)
And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "This House is a Circus" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "This House is a Circus" by Arctic Monkeys.

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