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Rough Song

Beach House

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C6Diagram coming soon
D××
Em
BDiagram coming soon
A×
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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CHORDS FOR VERSES 1,2 &3 
    G         C6               D     Em 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--12-12-12--10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------| 
G|--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------0-0-0------------------------------------------| 
A|--10-10-10-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------8--8--8--8--8----------0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------| 
 
or like this 
    G      C6         D      Em 
e|--7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------| 
G|--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------| 
A|---------3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
CHORDS FOR BRIDGE and OUTRO (heard best at 3:35) 
    G         C6              D         Em 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--12-12-12--12-12-12-10-10--10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-----------------------| 
G|--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0------------------===---| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--10-10-10-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------8--8--8--8--8---10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-----------------------| 
 
 
 
 
verse 
 
       G  C6         D  Em 
In the middle of the party 
        G  C6      D  Em 
Found a hole to be sorry 
            G  C6         D  Em 
Through the glass drank a memory 
       G  C6  D  Em 
of her face 
 
 
verse 
 
        G  C6        D  Em 
All the charm in the evening 
 G  C6       D  Em 
Peridot television 
 G  C6    D  Em 
Loveless another 
 G  C6       D  Em 
daughter and mother 
 
 
Bridge
 
 G            C6                   D            Em 
Shut the door she'll have no more another vodka cocktail party 
 G        C6              D         Em 
Her story unravels like a ribbon in the windy distance 
 
 
verse 
 
 G  C6           D  Em 
Schoolgirls were praying 
 G  C6        D  Em 
Lace curtains fading 
 G  C6      D  Em 
Fern of the forest 
 G  C6   D  Em 
Dearly beloved 
 
 
BRIDGE
   
 G           C6                  D                Em 
Hard to hear she spit on you and made your bloody nose more bloody 
 G            C6                  D          Em 
Shut the door she'll have no more another vodka cocktail party 
 
OUTRO
 
G         C6 
 
D         Em 
Totems in the night 
  G       C6   
I want to forget 
D         Em 
All that wasn't right 
 G        C6        
I need to leave it 
 
D         Em 
Totems in the night 
  G       C6   
I want to forget 
D         Em 
All that wasn't right 
 G        C6        
I need to leave it 
 
D         Em 
Totems in the night 
  G       C6   
I want to forget 
D         Em 
All that wasn't right 
  G       C6   
She needs to leave it 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C6 · D · Em · B · A · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.