Beach House - Rough Song: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Rough Song" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

        G  C          Bm Em
In the middle of the party
         G C        Bm Em
Found a hole to be sorry
              G  C
Through the glass
        Bm  Em         G C Bm Em
Drank a memory of her face

All the charm in the evening
Peridot television
Loveless another
Daughter and mother

G                     Am
Shut the door she'll have no more
 Bm            Em
another vodka cocktail party
G            Am
Her story unravels like
   Bm            Em          D Em
a ribbon in the windy distance

Schoolgirls were praying
Lace curtains fading
Fern of the forest
Dearly beloved

Hard to hear she spit on you
And made your bloody nose more bloody
Shut the door, she'll have no more
Another vodka cocktail party

 D             Em
Totems in the night
   G         Bm
I want to forget
D                Em
All that wasn't right
   G       Bm
I need to leave

Totems in the night
I want to forget
All that wasn't right
I need to leave it

Totems in the night
I want to forget
All that wasn't right
I need to leave it

Totems in the night
I want to forget
All that wasn't right
I need to leave it

Totems in the night
I want to forget
All that wasn't right
She needs to leave it


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

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 "Rough Song" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Rough Song" by Beach House.