53rd & 3rd Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays390

53rd & 3rd by Screeching Weasel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, A, G and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			(intro 2x)  E D A  

       E                   D       A 
If you think you can, well come on man 
        E              D   A 
I was a Green Beret in Vietnam 
E               D     A 
No more of your fairy stories 
E               D     A 
'Cause I got my other worries. 

   D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
   G               A 
   Standing on the street 
   D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
       G                A 
   I'm tryin' to turn a trick 
   D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
              G              A 
   You're the one they never pick 
   D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
            G             A 
   Don't it make you feel sick? 

      E                   D       A 
If you think you can, well come on man 
        E              D   A 
I was a Green Beret in Vietnam 
E               D     A 
No more of your fairy stories 
E               D     A 
'Cause I got my other worries. 

D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
   G               A 
   Standing on the street 
   D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
       G                A 
   I'm tryin' to turn a trick 
   D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
              G              A 
   You're the one they never pick 
   D        A 
   53rd and 3rd 
            G             A 
   Don't it make you feel sick? 

   B                  A 
   Then I took out my razor blade 
   B               A 
   Then I did what God forbade 
   G                A 
   Now the cops are after me 
   G                     A 
   But I proved that I'm no sissy. 

   E        B 
   53rd and 3rd 
   A               B 
   Standing on the street 
   E        B 
   53rd and 3rd 
       A                B 
   I'm tryin' to turn a trick 
   E        B 
   53rd and 3rd 
              A              B 
   You're the one they never pick 
   E        B 
   53rd and 3rd 
            A             B 
   Don't it make you feel sick? 

   ( E D A )  (4x)  

    1, 2, 3, 4 

   E          D A 
   53rd & 3rd       (8x) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante