Rusty Cage chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Rusty Cage - one of the few rock songs that Johnny Cash did in his career. The video I used for this piece is
this link -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtbuUlSGXzc&list=PLM6dzgwyUf7MaKrMc3NSzlOAxkJBmbaw3&index=2

Chords for this song
  A augmentedA  G+G  E MajorE
E|-0---2---0---|
BB|-2---0---0---|
G+G|-2---0---1---|
D MajorD|-2---0---2---|
A augmentedA|-0---2---2---|
E MajorE|-----3---0---|

Verse 1:

A augmentedA                           A augmentedA
You wired me awake, and hit me with a hand of broken nails,
A augmentedA                                A augmentedA
you tied my lead and pulled my chain to watch my blood begin to boil.

Chorus 1:

 A augmentedA        G+G A augmentedA       A augmentedA   G+G A augmentedA
I'm gonna break,     I'm gonna break my,
 A augmentedA
gonna break my rusty cage and run.
 A augmentedA        G+G A augmentedA      A augmentedA   G+G A augmentedA
I'm gonna break,     I'm gonna break my
            G+G N.C.  A augmentedA
gonna break my rusty cage     and run.

Verse 2:

  A augmentedA
Too cold to start a fire, I'm burning diesel, burning dinosaur bones,
A augmentedA
I'll take the river down to still water, and ride a pack of dogs.

Chorus 2:

A augmentedA         G+G A augmentedA    A augmentedA     G+G A augmentedA
I'm gonna break,    I'm gonna break my,
 A augmentedA
gonna break my rusty cage and run.
 A augmentedA        G+G A augmentedA     A augmentedA    G+G A augmentedA
I'm gonna break,    I'm gonna break my
 A augmentedA           G+G N.C       E MajorE
gonna break my rusty cage    and run...

Verse 3:

E MajorE                 E MajorE
When the forest burns along the road
E MajorE               E MajorE
like God's eyes in my headlights,
E MajorE                  E MajorE
when the dogs are looking for their bones,
E MajorE                     E MajorE
and it's raining ice picks on your steel shore.

 Chorus 3:

E MajorE
I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my,
E MajorE
I’m gonna break my rusty cage and run.
E MajorE
I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my,
E MajorE
gonna break my rusty cage and run.
E MajorE
I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my,
E MajorE
gonna break my rusty cage and run.
E MajorE
I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my,
E MajorE           D MajorD N.C    E MajorE
gonna break my rusty cage   and run.

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