• Song:

    This House Is A Circus

  • Artist:

    Arctic Monkeys

  • Album:

    Favourite Worst Nightma...

Intro/Verses the second time
around these three riffs overlap
one another.  It's easiest to
listen for the changes.

e--2-3---3-2--|
b--0-1---1-0--|
g-------------|
d-------------|
a-------------|
e-------------|   Repeat 12X

e--7-8---8-7--|
b--7-8---8-7--|
g-------------|
d-------------|
a-------------|
e-------------|   Repeat 4X

e----------------|
b----------------|
g----------------|
d----------------|
a----------9-----|
e--7----5-----8--|  Repeat 12X and stop abruptly on the 9 the last time
                              played.

Then the rockin riff.

e----------------------------|
b----------------------------|
g----------------------------|
d----------------------------|
a-------------9------------5-|
e--7-7-77-5-7---8-8-88-5-7---|  Repeat 8X

After playing the last riff plays 4x this second guitar comes in:

e--7-10---7-10---7-10---7-10----7-10-8-11-7-10-8-11-7-10-8-11-7-10-8-11--|
b------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat 2X

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------|
g--9---9-7---7-11---11--------------------------------------|
d--9---9-7---7-11---11--12--11------------------------------|
a--7---7-5---5--9----9--12--11---------------5------------5-|
e-----------------------10---9----7-7-77-5-7---7-7-77-5-7---|

Repeats 4X and the last time it just plays the power chords without the
single note part.

Verse #2 is alot like the Intro/Verse #1
ezcept the first three riffs overlap.

Outro

e--------------------------|
b--------------------------|
g--------------------------|
d--------------------------|  Repeats 4X
a------------9999-------5--|
e--777777-55------8-5-7----|  These two riffs play together
                             it's hard to hear the high notes
e--77777----------8888-|      but they are there.
b---------10-7777------|
g----------------------|      Repeats 4X
d----------------------|
a----------------------|
e----------------------|

Then comes the heavy.

e-----------------------------|
b-----------------------------|
g-----------------------------|
d--99999999-1010101010101010--|   This is the rythme part which repats over
a--99999999-1010101010101010--|   and over while the riff below plays to
e--77777777--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|   end the song.

e--777777778888888101010101010101077777777888888881010101010101010--|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e--7777777788888881010101010101010141414141414141412121212121212121010101010101010888888887--|
b--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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